Manhattan: What Henry Hudson Saw in 1609

[LordGeorgeRodney]

The Dutch used al lot of Englishmen as pilots

as well as Henry Hudson look what happened to William Adams who also was a pilot for the Dutch VOC..

[borneo215]

give the land back to the natives its there land and has been for thousands of years they are the original people of this land you call america

[jj237]

@borneo215 In American fashion they killed most of the natives a long with the nature.

[98bigbutt]

When I see that,it reminds me of the Adorondacks in Upstate NY.

[disgrl4]

Wow, its really sad actually. :-(

[HBNewYork1]

It was nice, all green. Man ruined nature.

[98bigbutt]

@HBNewYork1,shut up hippie.

[coldcapsicum]

And the second thing he saw was his own footprint in the middle of a steaming pile of elk dung.

"Right then - it's war!"

[Sleach94]

all that crap wasnt there this is so gay

[keithyoung]

hahaha The George Washington Bridge

My neice could have done that with an eraser, green and blue crayon, and a cracker.

[skeilak]

A boat ride up the Hudson River, is still marvelously beautiful, and a much better way to spend your time, than surfing the web.

[TutsuoAikido]

Excellent panorama.

[SodapopSays]

we ruined it.

[tommynov12]

NY is great!

[camiller3754]

..and then a cancer covered the land.

[GouledXD]

@camiller3754 In seconds sky scrappers rose from the ground, and pavement covered all the visible grass. Every single animal living in the manhattan died that day.

[122ash516]

what he saw i think was beautiful

[philippusII]

he was sailing for the dutch

[Mamasan41]

COOL!!!

[Cheeto011]

don't all you left-wingers say change is good? New York is the greatest.

[vladSAINTsSA]

damn i love NY XD

[Lillogambino]

24 bucks...

[vashantir]

i read this in the magazine last week. I think it would be very interesting if you made a documentary about this. I'd certainly pop some corn and watch

[quangdinh120012]

awesome comparison

[smarr881]

lol...true...it was just vegetation, animals, dirt...haha

[Jal1515]

i am sure.. the Mother Earth was always much more beautiful before all this crud now.. personally i'm someone who loves being in the nature and wild... and i'm no big fan of the city.. such a shame.. i have a feeling one day N.Y. or well Manhattan Island will sink with all the tower like apartments and stuff..

[GreenyPoop]

Don't assume that all people are dumb. National Geography is a magazine for people to see images of the world that they would not normally see. We can never go back to the 1600's, so we must use what information is available and help understand how New York city became to be. Its like being expose to an alien world...

[nil1230]

just look at africa

[nil1230]

do u think there were tigers..hornbills..leopards..m­ammoths..saber tooth in manhattan back in the days?

[Buckeyes202]

thats cool

[SexCyberGuideCom]

good

[GBpueblo]

incredible!

[mizzarna]

its really sad how we have destroyed all this beautiful land and nature, think of all the animals and all that! but where else can we live, we need big cities where lots of people can live, but i prefer the nature! imagine what our earth is going to look like in another 400 years!!

[limey163]

There was actually a video on natgeo that "assumed" the earth would literally fall to pieces because of the modifications were making today. Cities covered in grass, streets cracked open, really out of this world stuff. But we have no choice, cant live in trees forever =/.

[HigherPlanes]

The hardest thing to imagine is human history going on for hundreds of more years. Not impossible. We see around us the processes that make history a self-limiting game. History is some kind of a phase transition. It only lasts about 25,000 years. One moment you're hunting ungulates on the plains of Africa, & the next moment ur hurdling a golden terbium super conducting extra stellar device toward Alpha Centura with all of mankind aboard in virtual space being run as a simulation in circuitry.

[Rupert5432]

A lot of people here are commenting on how much better it looked before. If you feel that way there are many places in the United States that still look that way. I would invite you to go live there and see if you really like it better.

On the flip side there is only one Manhattan and I dont necessary think every place on the planet needs to be green space, where else can millions of people live in a relatively small area?

[evil221884]

look at all the landfill on old new york where the world trade centre was on the lhs

[evil221884]

pause at 0:28 and you'll see it

[pepcycool]

Pretty Virgin planet before.. But that's how life must be

[ZONKACO]

lol its funny but its true

[Tom345876]

I think this is aload of bullshit...there is no way you can picture what a landscape looked like without photographic proof.

I think some guy was just bored and started drawing landscapes.

BULLSHIT

[adamj425]

Geology anyone?

[Mryargle1]

Cool

[doomdart]

i liek butts ex

[tsukibomi]

same here.

[JPPT1974]

Eight years ago next Friday, world would never be the same forever!

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[Shadownight950]

it'd be amazing to travel back, and visit it for our selfs :]

[GreenyPoop]

no, there are people out there who are curious to know what New York city looked before there were people.

[aaabronco]

At 00:40 they showed an elk even tho elks only live in the west. It didn't look like a deer that's for sure.

[tmac20031]

I sure hope were not a virus.

[NeedAGameTester]

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[FuckShepherd]

Welcome to new york we hate trees elk and indian villages!

[culwin]

The George Washington bridge wasn't there in 1609? I highly doubt that.

[bobtheneighbor]

Except for Phoenix...

[bobtheneighbor]

Same as ANY major city...So what?

[turkeyduck123]

It just goes to show that buildings are TOTALY BAD ASS! and trees need to get with the program!

[Darknessdest]

No fucking way! I cant believe that! Amazing!

[bingo191]

this just proves that white men destroy the world

[MacDaddyRiggles]

This is obviously fake, Manhattan didn't exist in 1609. It arose out of the ground via volcano in the 1800s.

[Kurail]

cool..

[bob24685]

no shit

[aamirbliss]

before is best.

[humilde7777]

Our prayers go out to the Bernard family.

[BITHPO]

This is so dumb, seriously NG? Of course there was nothing but trees lakes animals and water lol.

[SodapopSays]

i think you missed the point...

[disgrl4]

@BITHPO You completely missed the point.

[Beshimi]

we, as people, are a cancer to the planet.

[nicklessz]

Kill yourself

[Beshimi]

point in case.

[ephesus]

Screw nature!! USA! USA!

[Aboxatax]

Oh, there were trees and wild animals back then. Wow I had no idea. I thought New York was just always like that. Could that be the case with all land that man has developed for his needs?

So again, there were trees and stuff "before" the buildings and streets. I'm amazed now.

[TheOkwana]

Great comment.

Love it :D

[Aboxatax]

Thank you. And have a great day!!!

[xmobster5]

whats the music?

[PackedFunk]

What he saw, minus all the garbage.

[muiere2]

i have lived in the US for almost 20 years and i have never been to NY. This year i will go for new years and when i return i will comment on the city!!!

[bigt2259]

Wow National Geographic can use google images. Who would have known

[bomby55555]

NY was sooo beautiful before

[ramonjet1973]

That was pretty cool, now what I want to see is what Manhatten would have looked like in 1609 with 10+ million people!

[clayton7m]

That would be China...

[FoxyAsIs]

I <3 NY im never leaving

[Adamiskew]

that was really dum they just drew trees everywhere Big fuckin deal

[Crashtwenty]

henry hudson could fly?!!!

[mxcnprd10]

lol

[NevaehChyne]

That is amazing who would think to make N.Y. out of that.

[mikezephyr]

it will come back again.

[paroleirparole]

i live in europe, i think Manhattan is best city in world :)

[AZking45]

manhattan isnt a city lol.....

[FoxyAsIs]

Thanks sweetheart!!!!

[duhCider]

Times square, :42, hasn't changed all that much: you can still see Elks and beaver down there.

[rahnyc4]

i like how manhattan always represent new york, as if there isnt 4 other boroughs that makes up new york city.

[SearchingYT]

ugly city but at least it's not boring

[moryan10]

I wonder how Aliens world look like... lol

[Eagle1Division2]

Like I already said, nature is incredibly beautiful. But it's definately not quiet what it's cracked up to be. I love technology. I love nature. But cities are part of the price of a lazier lifestyle and better health. Imagine all the hard work that went into building all that. It's amazing how humans completely changed the landscape. Cities, however, are unavoidable with a rising population.

[mlbchick22]

1609 gorgeous!

[falonhall59]

Not giving,, but man,, I diff would be looking for a way out fromwhat I know,,, anywhere

[falonhall59]

I have 210 acres in Texas,, it looks just like it did 1609. There are lots of places unchanged. I could never fig out why people want to cram up in one spot,, when they do, it destroys the nature of the area, breads diease, promotes crime, starvation and polution. get a life people.

[oscargurses]

...dude can i have just 4 acres? your a lucky man, i hope you put it in your will that no relative can build on it or sell it off.

peace brother ( from NYC, getting out of here in a few months to farm land)

[falonhall59]

thats it,, it was my great grandfather, grandfather, father, now mine,, it will be my boys. I lived here all my life, I dont now y'all do it. More power to you,, hope you make it.

[950horsepower]

Do you want them in your back yard?

I don't.

[falonhall59]

your right,, I dont,, but there is alot of land. of course I do know the situation,, they cram up for jobs and convenice,, but is the stress worth it?

[950horsepower]

No, but yes.

It's what you get used to.

I have an assistant from Chicago, and every day she marvels at the California weather. After 10 years, she is still decompressing.

I've lived a lot of ways, couldn't describe them all. From a house every 20 miles, to high rise penthouse. People adapt.

Old guys like me adapt a bit more slowly.

But it was all good.

[falonhall59]

I'm an old guy to,, prob older than you,, I don't think I could adjust. I have traveled all over the would,, I like it all,, but the open spaces is the only place I am truely happen,, as you said,, its what I am use to,, I get it,, just dont want to do it.

[950horsepower]

When I open my window, the only kind of shit I want to smell, is my horses. The only cars I want to hear, are my cars.

Life is better that way.

[falonhall59]

dito,,only got three horses,, but they do smell lol

[ringolovemachine1]

this is why our planet doesnt need people,roll on when people are no more and the world becomes a better place.

[xxxIRossHi]

Somehow that seems a little, pointless?

[ringolovemachine1]

why? explain? this why the earth is a beautifull planet only to be spoilt by mankinds greed and want, species disapearing at an alarming rate,why?mankinds greed, species on the brink of extinctsion why? mankinds greed, food shorteges,famin,disease,overpo­pulation why?man kinds want, the list can go on and on and on, and what have we as species done to benefit this planet? and the answer is nothing,our time will come one day not in our life time and probably not till generations to come.

[esze001]

u know what would help the world out ?

if you would just shut up and do something instead of complaining

[ringolovemachine1]

what and become a politician and claim to do some good,bollocks,line the pockets of themselves and brain wash the people and do nothing for anyone apart from them selves.thanks for ya comment bye the way.

[xxxIRossHi]

You are clearly someone who is so over-run by the media, that you have not given yourself that chance to think for yourself.

Humans can adapt, they do not need to just be "removed". The time will come when the whole 0-carbon side of living, or what ever you want to call it will become a neccessity.

People learn from their mistakes, it's human nature.

I agree with you, the world is a beautiful place and the only way it will be truely "cared for" is when us humans realise that as a whole.

[diah4]

Please tell me those errors were from typing fast.

[ringolovemachine1]

yes diah4 they are soz

[bowsa]

You should be the first to volunteer by killing yourself!

[CheapRobot]

there were unicorns and a leprechaun with a pot of gold too i hear.

[blasianFMA]

I'm sure that in 1609 there were a lot of trees and whatnot, but I can't help shake the feeling that these pictures were just made up. Mainly because they didn't have cameras back then. Well not of that quality anyway. So it's just an "image" or an artist's vision of what Manhattan may have looked like back then. These pictures aren't real.

[LanceGardner]

You don't say

[blasianFMA]

I don't.  I type.

[oscargurses]

...thank you for that, i truly thought that these were images taken by henry hudson himself with a sony cybershot.

[johnathangibbs]

I guess you've never heard of photoshop.

[oscargurses]

...not making sense

[you2be321]

hahhahhahhaha... no shit genius!!

[Pendulumdude34]

the very footsteps of civilization have impacted the world in the negative way. the footprint that we have left is devastating and permanent

[rawr1219]

how is there land now where there used to be water? i.e. Foley Square

[ksherman51]

it wasnt large massive bodies of water, easily drained and built on.

[bowsa]

Washington used to be a swamp

[nil1230]

and manhattan

[Coeinne]

unbelieveable!

[macoxupo]

hey people, could you send me the name of song what plays in this movie, plzzz! :)

[HallamChris94]

Strange :)

[Aerolseventh]

wow.......

[darkcamry]

cool a 5star

[shahzadnaeem111]

bullshit

[AzamatoTheGreat]

fucked up :(

[saranight31]

thats wat new york shud be like

[weiholau]

beautiful nature gone!!

[Lillogambino]

Oh forgetabouit!

[Sachse009]

Your are totally right! Hopefully you can save as much nature in New Zealand as possible!

Besides it is very pleasant reading the comments so far to this videos from lots of "normal" people. Otherwise you have lots of "freaks" in the net and at youtube with an incomprehensibly aggressive and insulting diction.

[weiholau]

Hmm in New Zealand i remember the country being so beautiful but now it is doing the exact same thing as in manhattan and that is whats worrying me

[calvinlotz]

Agreed.

[nicbow]

Intresting might not be real might be what do you ppl believe?

[DUNiT718]

its scary how much it changed. Manhattan must be build on dead indains

[MrWindexter]

Henry Hudson saw what I see in my back yard everyday here in Dutchess

check out youtube/DDRoyal

and listen to the discovery

[StreetsOfTomorrow]

Yes it is true, i understand you

[reasoning777]

Wow I immediately thought of someone sitting on the boulders in Marcus Garvey Park and they could well be the very same boulders, it's just a wow feeling you know? Same are the rocks under the George Washington Bridge ? It's things like that give me a real link to what was there in the past. There are many places like that in the UK that have the same effect..

[StreetsOfTomorrow]

amazing how everything changed

[aliniaz]

Life was much better before. Anyone who denies this is fool.

[wierdwierdos]

One has to travel far to get information, it takes 2 hours or more to travel from one island to another by boat, and malaria has no cure.

There are no electricity, internet, and large tradings, and water is hard.

sure. life is much better before.

[MeRizwan2008]

nice to see past world.............

[caramal01]

thats so unfair, i live in canada too :(

[mytalula21]

national geo sucks, i subscribed to them but then i cannot even view their new videos...i'm just gonna unsubscribe to them...

[flyffplaya]

they dont allow vids in canada apparently i hate it too cause i live in canada

[thou]

hey ive got the same problem. its not we cant view, its because some of their videos are not viewable in some region. where you from?

[shelbycan]

wow, incredible!