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    The world before us: mapping Mannahatta(n)
    From The New Yorker: Eric Sanderson is a landscape ecologist who is trying to determine exactly how Manhattan—or Mannahatta, “land of many hills,” as some scholars have translated the name used by the Lenape people who inhabited it—looked before the arrival of Europeans.



    Lower Manhattan, juxtaposed with the outline of the island today.




    Manhattan as it might have looked in 1609. The island has been expanded by landfill over the course of four centuries.

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    Manhattan today:


    Sun, Oct 7, 2007  Permanent link
    Categories: Manhattan, human occupation
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    aaron kinney     Mon, Nov 5, 2007  Permanent link
    One the most beautiful Goddamn cities in the world when shot from the air. Still takes my breath away.
    folkert     Wed, Nov 7, 2007  Permanent link
    I know, it's insane. Check here for some good ones.

    aaron kinney     Wed, Nov 7, 2007  Permanent link
    Now youve done it, Folkert! The link you gave has sent me on a downloading and wallpapering spree ;)
    kelso007     Wed, Dec 12, 2007  Permanent link
    I can't wait til I see it for myself next year ... it's amazing how much land mass we added.
     
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