The Switch To The Dutch

In the summer of 1609 the ship the Half Moon sailing under Captain Henry Hudson under the flag of the Dutch East India Company searched in vain for a western passage to the East Indies. He started working for the Dutch because England refused to pay for it and his crew was sick of his persistence to go on left him. The Dutch how ever was very interested in beating England to the punch by finding the rout first so because of his knowledge from his first 2 voyages the Dutch hired him. Then after his third voyage his first with the Dutch, England had shown interest in wanting Henry back.