The Origin of the Name Manhattan: With Historical and Ethnological Notes

The Origin of the Name Manhattan: With Historical and Ethnological Notes

by Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917

The Origin of the Name Manhattan: With Historical and Ethnological Notes

That Manahatin, in accordance with Algonquian custom and this analysis, was descriptive of the topography of the island at the date of its discovery and its settlement, all the early Dutch pictures of New Amsterdam bear witness.

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