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  2. Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York.

  3. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Several small islands are also part of the borough of Manhattan, including Randall's Island, Wards Island, and Roosevelt Island in the East River, and Governors Island to the south in New York Harbor; Liberty Island, on which the Statue of Liberty stands, is a Manhattan exclave, as is the original portion of Ellis Island. [19] Manhattan Island ...

  4. History of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan was first mapped during a 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch East India Company. [15] Hudson came across Manhattan Island and the native people living there, and continued up the river that would later bear his name, the Hudson River, until he arrived at the site of present-day Albany. [16]

  5. Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.

  6. New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The island of Manhattan had an extraordinary natural harbor formed by New York Bay (actually the drowned lower river valley of the Hudson River, enclosed by glacial moraines), the East River, which is a tidal strait, and the Hudson River, all of which merge at the southern tip, from which all later development spread.

  7. Etymology of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Manhattoe, also Manhattan, was a name erroneously given to a Native American people of the lower Hudson River, the Weckquaesgeek, [a] a Wappinger band which occupied the southwestern part of today's Westchester County. [12] [b] In the early days of Dutch settlement they utilized the upper three-quarters of Manhattan Island [14] [15] as a ...

  8. Scientists identified the ‘ManhattAnt’ — and they have ...

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    First spotted in New York City in 2011, the “ManhattAnt” has been identified as a European species. Experts are still learning about its effects on the ecosystem.

  9. Cartography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    supposedly New Amsterdam (Manhattan), actually based on a view of Lisbon from c.1580 [22] Tiddeman Chart [23] 1749 Mark Tiddeman George Hayward name Manhattan, Long Island (Brooklyn & Queens), Staten Island, New Jersey Montresor Map 1766 John Montresor: Thomas Gage for the British Army Manhattan, Long Island (Brooklyn), Staten Island, New Jersey