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The coming of the peoples . -r^ ^S* ---1 /, I 1 •Vl; / a, kJif , ^N V , A THE SEA OF VERRAZANO V^errazano is supposed to have crossed the Chesapeake Peninsula and saw beyondthe wide waters of Chesapeake Bay. He indicated this narrow peninsula and thewide Western vSea on his map and it was copied on all maps thereafter. It was anopening into this sea that the Jamestown colonists were told to find and that luredHudson ever north seeking it.. HUDSON RECEIVING HIS SAILING ORDERS FROM THE MUSCOVY COMPANY Henry Hudsons first voyages of exploration were for the Muscovy Company, anEnglish Company of merchant adventurers, incorporated for the purpose of tradewith Russia and for the searching out of a passage nortli-easterly around Europeto China and Japan.