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.