Where Does The Name Manhattan Come From?

Manhattan is one of the borough of the NewYork City. Manhattan comes from the word Manna-hata, which was written in the logbook of of Robert Juet, an officer of the Dutch East India Company yacht Halve Maen, aka Half Moon, in the year 1609. However, there are some sources which claim that an Italian navigator named, Giovanni da Verrazano had earlier visited the New York harbour, in 1524.

In 1614, the name appeared on an manuscript that depicted the name Manhattan twice, on the west as well as east side of the Hudson river, earlier known as Maurituis river. The tribes that lived at the mouth of this river were known as, Manahata Indians. However, in 1626, these Manhattes were given twenty four dollars in goods, in order to vacate the land forever. Subsequently, the English took over Dutch.