The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents in public and private collections . HUDSON RIVER. COPY MADE C. 16 OF A MAP OF MINUITS TIME. C. 1630. CHAPTER VII THE CARTOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND ITS VICINITY, FROM SPANISH, PORTUGUESE FRENCH, GERMAN, AND INDIAN SOURCES CHAPTER VII THE CARTOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND ITS VICINITY, FROM SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH GERMAN, AND INDIAN SOURCES[] ETYMOLOGY THE information contained in this chapter, so far
The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents in public and private collections . HUDSON RIVER. COPY MADE C. 16 OF A MAP OF MINUITS TIME. C. 1630. CHAPTER VII THE CARTOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND ITS VICINITY, FROM SPANISH, PORTUGUESE FRENCH, GERMAN, AND INDIAN SOURCES CHAPTER VII THE CARTOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND ITS VICINITY, FROM SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH GERMAN, AND INDIAN SOURCES[] ETYMOLOGY THE information contained in this chapter, so far as it relates to Spanishdiscoveries, must, for the greater part, be negative, not only on account ofthe lack of relevant documents, but also because of the nature of the sub-ject. It has long been a mooted question v^hether the Spanish explored the ter-ritory of New Netherland before the Dutch. Winsor, as is well known, even wentso far as to claim a Spanish origin for certain names on the Figurative Maps ofAdriaen Block and Cornelis Hendricks.[^] We know now, however, that most, if not all, of these names can be derived fromother and more natural sources. No one, for instance, in our day, would be so boldas to assert a Spanish origin for the
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