Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Sail and Steam: An Historical Sketch Showing New Jersey's Connection With the Events Commemorated by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, September 25-October 9, 1909
If any of the Indians living along the shores of what is now New Jersey had looked across New York Bay on the evening of September 2ud, 1609, a scene would have been disclosed which would have filled them with amazement and dread. Slowly moving over the placid waters was an object which seemed to the simple-minded savages like a gigantic bird and which they doubtless thought was a visitor from the spirit world. The strange looking object was Henry Hudson's ship, the Half Moon, as it sailed up the bay after months of vain search for a short route to China.
Even to modern eyes the scene would be a strange one and the spectator of the present day would be amazed at the sight of the odd looking ship, and filled with wonder that anyone could have the courage to venture over thousands of miles of dangerous and unknown waters on such a frail craft.
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