Mapping Manhattan in 1609

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.03.09 | 12:32 PM ET

Union Square in the early 17th century? According to The Mannahatta Project, an interactive map that lets users search block-by-block for the ecological and wildlife history of Manhattan, it was home to the meadow vole and the white-footed mouse, rather than the Greenmarket browsers of today. (Via Boing Boing)

Tags: Geography for Fun and Profit, History Travel, Maps, Wildlife, North America, United States, New York, New York City, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


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