Editing Robert Bylot (section)

==== First voyage, 1610–1611 ====
Bylot was [[first mate]] on the {{ship||Discovery|1602 ship|2}} during [[Henry Hudson]]'s 1610–1611 expedition into what is now known as [[Hudson Bay]]. In the spring of 1611, Hudson wanted to continue the expedition, but the crew wanted to return home. There was discontent between the captain and members of the crew, and was stripped of his rank.

Later there was a mutiny in which Hudson, his son and several sailors were set adrift in an open boat in [[James Bay]]. It was due to Bylot's navigational skills that ''Discovery'' was able to return from the Arctic safely; Hudson and his party were never seen again.{{sfn|Mowat|1973|p=36}} Upon return to England, Bylot was tried as a mutineer but was pardoned.