• Toponymy of Manhattan
Other main clarifications that concern the toponymy of Manhatten raised by local tribes and European travelers. Knickerbocker compares for the reader the different versions of philosophers and historians concerning the toponymy of Manhattan. In “A History of New York” we can see different variants of this toponymy such as Man-hat-on, Manhadaes or Manahament, Monhattoes, Munhatos, Manhattos, Manadaes, MANNA-HATA. The interesting point is that there are lots of judgements of emerging the different variants of this toponymy. Knickerbocker wrote this toponymy firstly used as a joke and addressed to the tribe’s men who wore the wool hats. That’s why it was called Man-hat-on. Other toponymies such as Monhattoes, Munhatos,…show more content… It shows the discovery of this river done by the Giovanne Verazzi from Florentine in 1524. But in 1609 Handrick Hudson sailed and reached the river and thought he was the first man who discovered it. Half Moon failed to reach the Pacific Ocean, reached the places that would be Albany / New York. After the discovery of this river by Hendrick Hudson, it bears Hudson’s name [12, 10/10/2015]. As mentioned above, the German spirit is specifically showed itself in this work. Even Irving hypothesized the relative relations of Diedrich Knickerbocker’s wife to the Knickerbockers of Scaghtikoke. [11, p. 3]. The old gentleman shows in “A History of New York” the difference between approaches to the important question by German and American sides. The satirical side of the approaches shows itself in introduction of them as estimable way in the direction of solving the emerged important issue. The old gentleman states that Germans discussed the important issues when they were drunk, but they re-estimated the decision when they weren’t drunk. But the situation with Americas was different from the point of view of the old gentleman. He says the Americas disliked sparing time for twice on one issue. That’s why Americas fixed the issue and fulfilled the made decision when they were drunk. According to the grounds that the drunken man under the alcohol influence sees the things doubly…show more content… From this point it would be better to review the life of Irving and understand the subjects to which he applied and created unexampled works. Reviewing his life history we can say that Washington Irving was as hungry as a hunter of love. Europe also left remarkable marks on the life of Washington Irving. The name of Washington Irving during the living period in Europe had been mentioned in love game with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. It was a love triangle among Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving. All details of these relations were illustrated in “The Romance of Mary Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving”. After getting acquainted with the information indicated in the so-called work, it seems the reason of intrigues between Mrs. Mary and Irving emerged due to the failure relation
