Abacuk Pricket was the navigator of the ''

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'' on the fourth voyage of captain

Henry Hudson Henry Hudson ( 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 160 ...

. He was one of the mutineers who set Hudson adrift in a small boat, and then returned to England, eventually being one of only eight sailors who made it back to England alive. He was tried in 1618, but the authorities did not want to execute those who had saved the expedition and did not prosecute them for mutiny, but for murder. The court found that it was not murder to turn experienced seamen adrift near a shore that was neither barren nor uninhabited and acquitted Pricket. Pricket is best known for writing a detailed account of Captain Hudson's journey to North America and the subsequent mutiny.

Works

*''A Journal of Mr. Hudson's last Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage. Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca.
''Excerpt from A Larger Discourse of the Same Voyage'', by Abacuk Pricket,1625

Notes and references

* * * English explorers Explorers of the Arctic Explorers of Canada English explorers of North America British mutineers {{english-bio-stub