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The island state of Tasmania was named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. Dirk Hartog Island is an island off the northwestern coast, and it is named after Dutch explorer Dirk hartog (obviously).
Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog was the one who found and named Rottnest Island.
The Dutch people did not discover Easter Island. Easter Island was first encountered by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen in 1722 during his Pacific voyage.
The first European to discover Easter Island was Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen in 1722. He encountered the island on Easter Sunday, which is how it got its name.
A Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, found it on Easter Sunday 1722.
Easter Island is, supposedly, named such because a Dutch explorer discovered it on Easter Sunday in 1722. well at least that's what other people have answered with to similar questions on here. Hope that helps!
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island in 1722Natives from the Marquesas Islands were the first to discover Easter Island. In regards to the Europeans, the Dutch were the first to discover Easter Island. A Dutch explorer named Jacob Roggeveen found it.
There are two theories 1)it was named after the Greek island of Rhodes 2) when a Dutch explorer passed it he called it an island of reddish appearance in 17th century dutch it would have been en rodish eyland
The Moai statues on Easter Island were known to the island's inhabitants, but were rediscovered by Europeans in 1722 when the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen encountered the island.
Rhode Island was either named for the Isle of Rhodes (in the Mediterranean Sea) or for its red clay (the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block may have named it "Rood Eylandt" meaning Red Island, in Dutch).State Nickname - The Ocean State, Little Rhody
Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, was the first European to discover the island on Easter day in 1722, hence the name Easter Island. However, settlers from the Marquesas Islands had discovered the island about 1,200-1,400 years earlier.
Dutch Slave Coast was created in 1660.