Vintage map and transit guide of Manhattan, with original pier location. Circa 1940s. Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano stumbled onto what was to become the Hudson River in 1524 while circumnavigating a remarkable island owned at the time by the Manhattoes, the Native American tribe for which the city is named. Completely surrounded by passable waterways, the flat landmass posed a perfect opportunity for a port, and the Dutch began to settle there in 1609. Snippets of this early influentia...
Vintage map and transit guide of Manhattan, with original pier location. Circa 1940s. Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano stumbled onto what was to become the Hudson River in 1524 while circumnavigating a remarkable island owned at the time by the Manhattoes, the Native American tribe for which the city is named. Completely surrounded by passable waterways, the flat landmass posed a perfect opportunity for a port, and the Dutch began to settle there in 1609. Snippets of this early influentia...
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