Manhattan: Photos by Christophe Launay

Photo: Christophe Launay

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Photo Copyright: Christophe Launay

Photo Copyright: Christophe Launay

Photo Copyright: Christophe Launay
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Manhattan
Coordinates: 40°43′42″N 73°59′39″W
Country United States
State New York
County New York County
City New York City
Settled 1624
The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, an officer on Henry Hudson’s yacht Halve Maen (Half Moon). A 1610 map depicts the name as Manna-hata, twice, on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River (later named the Hudson River).
The word “Manhattan” has been translated as “island of many hills” from the Lenape language.
The area that is now Manhattan was long inhabited by the Lenape Indians. In 1524, some Lenape in canoes met the Florentine Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European explorer to pass New York Harbor, although he may not have entered the harbor past the Narrows.

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