Mapping Manhattan (c.1609)

By Alex in Pictures, Travel on Jul 15, 2008 at 2:30 am

Eric Sanderson, a landscape ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, is mapping the island of Manhattan (or Mannahatta, as it was called by the Lenape Indians who inhabited it) in 1609, before the arrival of the Europeans.

Links: Mapping Mannahatta slideshow at The New Yorker | WCS website’s project page – via Incoming Signals

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Xinavera
Jul 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Fascinating! It’s amazing to see what a difference 400 years makes.
Jake D.
Jul 15th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Even just 300 years. But yeah it’s crazy to think that the city was wilderness a few centuries prior. Especially when you’re in the city and wish you could see some trees.
Prophet
Jul 15th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
It´s a very interesting project.
MogMog
Jul 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Fascinating. I much prefer the earlier version
ehcomunicacion
Jul 17th, 2008 at 2:26 am
i like this experiment. it is so beautiful see knowed places on the past.

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