# New York -- before the City

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: Eric Sanderson
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_sanderson_new_york_before_the_city)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.

## Lectures

1. [New York -- before the City](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eric_sanderson_new_york_before_the_city/20230bfbdce5), 16 min (TED's player)