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His name. Tasmania was called Van Diemen's Land from 1642-1855. Name was changed to Tasmania for Abel Tasman who discovered it in 1642.
Tasmania's name comes from Dutch sea explorer Abel Tasman, who was the first European explorer to discover it in 1642. However, Tasman originally called it Van Diemen's Land.
Abel Tasman named the island Van Diemen's Land after the Governor of Batavia, Antony Van Diemen. Tasman was Dutch, and Batavia was Dutch territory.
Tasmania has had two different names.Tasmania's original name was Van Diemen's Land and it was named after the Governor of Batavia, Antony Van Diemen.In the mid 1800s, it was renamed after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the first European to discover and land on the island.
Abel Tasman's most notable discoveries were Tasmania, which he named Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand. He believed (incorrectly) that they were both part of the same continent.
No explorer gave his name to Tasmania. Tasmania was first known as Van Diemen's Land from 1642, when Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered it. In 1856, Queen Victoria approved a petition to rename the island of Van Diemen's Land 'Tasmania' in honour of Tasman.
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The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman's middle name was Janszoon.
Therec were two ships called'Zeehan' and 'Heemskirk'. Tasman named the land 'Van Dieman's Land' after his boss. The name was changed to 'Tasmania' in about 1857.
The Tasman Sea was named after Tasmania, which was named after Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch explorer. Abel Tasman was the first European to sight both New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). As the Tasman Sea lies between these two points, it was logical to name it after the first known European explorer to traverse the sea (even though Tasman initially believed that Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand were part of the same continent).
Tasmania was originally known as Van Diemen's Land. It was given this name by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, after Antony Van Diemen, the High Magistrate, or Governor-General of Batavia (Netherlands East Indies).Van Diemen's Land remained the name of the island until 1 January 1856, when Queen Victoria approved a petition to rename the island Tasmania, in honour of its discoverer.
Abel Tasman was a person, a Dutch explorer, not a place. No doubt his mother named him...