Show HAD AN ALGONQUIN ORIGIN name manhattan has hal been traced means noble and beautiful fI landscape or object the name manhattan Is associated with the waters surrounding the island on which stands the greater part of the city of new york and with the island itself it was on september 12 am that glenry hudson steered the good ship the half moon into what Is now new anew york harbor and cast anchor about two leagues beyond the narrows aro at a point near dear the site of the present battery park hudson had with him an english mate robert juet by name who kept the logbook log book of the half moon albon that logbook log book briefly recounts the trip of the explorers up the river that today bears the name of the explorer jost as that same name Is borne by canadas great inland sea of the far north hudson bay in one of the entries in his log juet writes of the half moon being off a cliff that looks of the color of white green on that side of the river which Is called manna hata hala in a chapter cho jiter contributed to the excellent memorial history of new york discusses the derivation of the word manna hata from its algonquin origin and finds that its root syllables mean noble and beautiful landscape or object and thus represents an exclamation or eulogistic tic expression the various spellings of the name are manhattan manhat tae Manat thanes there Is also the form already given in the quotation from duets logbook log book |