Lenapehoking — 1609 Terrain and Ecology
Imported from TimeWalkOrg/Manhattan wiki
Periods: Manhattan 1609
1609 Terrain
- 1609-2020 Welikia Interactive Map and article here
- Mannahatta Project and overview
- 1609 Elevations map - New York Library
- 1609 Mannahatta original paper
- 1609 Map with waterways, etc. (map created in 1865 but depicts 1609 waterways)
- 1609 Townsend MacCoun map - created 1909
- Early Maps of Manhattan & the Evolution of the Collect Pond
- National Geographic video: What Henry Hudson Saw in 1609
- Dutch New York video excerpt
- Details of Henry Hudson’s first visit to Manhattan (third voyage)
Terrain details from “Mannahatta”
- Order the book Manahatta: tons of info!
- My notes on specific lower-Manhattan terrain details follows:
- Sample photos from an untouched native Manhattan forest (at the NY Botanical Garden, October 6, 2023)
- There was a Lenape “cherry orchard” near today’s Cherry Street (source)
1609 Buildings
References for Lenape buildings, objects, etc.:
- https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/original-people-and-their-land-lenape-pre-history-18th-century
- https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/building-a-wigwam-a-time-lapse
- https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/original-people-and-their-land-lenape-pre-history-18th-century
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannahatta_Project
- http://ilyasmelansky.com/gg-lenape-village.html
- https://welikia.org/download/scientific-data/
Photos of Lenape wigwam reconstruction on “Historic Huguenot Street” near Nea Paltz NY:
(To add)
- Duncan’s spreadsheet
- Werpoes repository (modeling wigwams, etc.)
Shell Mounds (Middens)
- per “The Big Oyster” book and historical records.
- There was a midden near Pearl Street and near Collect Pond.