{"product_id":"9781419760051","title":"Before New York - The Natural Geography of the City: An Atlas and Gazetteer (Hardback)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grand historical atlas of the region that would become New York City—its natural features, inhabitants, geography, flora, and fauna—from before Henry Hudson’s arrival in 1609 up to the present day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the pages of this book and witness the dawn and evolution of New York City. In \u003ci\u003eBefore New York\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric W. Sanderson invites readers on a breathtaking journey through the woods and wetlands that once flourished where skyscrapers now stand. With the keen eye of a landscape ecologist and the storytelling power of a bestselling historian, Sanderson reconstructs the natural geography of the city as it was in September 1609, just before Henry Hudson’s arrival. Imagine what Hudson might have seen, what the Lenape sachems cherished, and what nature itself revealed—long before the arrival of concrete and steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monumental work is the culmination of more than 25 years of research, featuring 75 original maps, 200 color illustrations, and nearly 4,000 detailed descriptions of streams, wetlands, rocks, plants, animals, and Indigenous settlements. An epic expansion of Sanderson’s bestselling and critically acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eMannahatta\u003c\/i\u003e, this atlas and gazetteer brings to life the lost world of Welikia, the land we now describe as the five boroughs of New York City, revealing what has vanished, what survives, and what could be restored with vision and care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore New York\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for dreamers and city builders, poets and artists, students and teachers, Indigenous people and allies, historians, geographers, engineers, urban planners, botanists, zoologists, and ecologists—and for anyone who has ever walked a New York City street and wondered: \u003ci\u003eWhat was here before?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48551850737915,"sku":"9781419760051","price":92.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/7327\/7605\/files\/9781419760051.jpg?v=1779887689","url":"https:\/\/abramsandchronicle.co.uk\/products\/9781419760051","provider":"Abrams \u0026 Chronicle Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}