The Mannahatta Project

Mannahatta/Manhattan. All images courtesy Wildlife Conservation Society
Mannahatta/Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City May 20 through Oct 12
When Henry Hudson and a small crew of Dutch and English sailors rode the flood tide up a great estuarine river on the North American continent on September 12, 1609, they were looking for a passage to Oriental riches. Instead, they found something much more valuable. Mannahatta's natural wealth—the old growth forests, stately wetlands, rolling hills, abundant wildlife, people who lived in tune with nature—was prodigious and deep. The local people called the island "Mannahatta," which may have meant "island of many hills." It would later be known as Manhattan and would become as densely filled with people and avenues as it once teemed with trees and streams.
Mannahatta/Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City is presented in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society. For more information about the Mannahatta Project, visit http://themannahattaproject.org/ TheTamshee says: Sal's in town, doing the museum trail with like minded friends.