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Abel Tasman had been the first European to sight New Zealand in 1642 but had named it Staten Land thinking it was part of the bottom of South America. An unknown Dutch cartographer sometime between 1644 and 1647 had the job of giving it a new name. He chose to name it after Zeeland, a Dutch province, as a parallel to the name of Australia which was then also named after a Dutch province and called New Holland.
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Where did New Zealand the word come from. why not New England. What is a Zealand. And who named our beautiful country?
New Zealand was named after Zeeland, a province. It was discovered and named by Abel Tasman
What are the names of New Zealand authors?
John P Phillip named New Zealand New Zealand
Why is New Zealand?
There is another "Zealand" in the Netherlands. I believe New Zealand was named after that part of The Netherlands.
What is the capital of New Zealand and after who was it named?
The Capital Of New Zealand is Wellington. It was named after the second most important chamber of the Dutch-east-Indian Company.
Who is Mt Hobson named after?
Mount Hobson in New Zealand is named after Captain William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 which established British sovereignty over New Zealand.
Why is the name of New Zealand spelled with Z and not with S?
New Zealand was originally named after the Netherlands province, Zeeland.
WHERE IN New Zealand is river buller?
The River Buller is on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after Charles Buller who furthered the colonization of New Zealand.
Where is the old New Zealand?
Zeeland is a province in the Netherlands and Abel Tasman (who was from the Netherlands) named New Zealand after it, after he discovered it in 1642.
Is New Zealand in euorpe?
No, alas it is easy to be confused by such. New Zealand was named after Zeeland which is in Europe. New Zealand is actually in the South Pacific a fair bit to the right of Australia.
Where is the country old zealand?
New Zealand was named after 'Zeeland' in the Netherlands. --------------- Zealand is also the English name for Sjaelland in Denmark.
Where is Zealand?
New Zealand is located at the southern hemisphere, so it's by the pacific ocean However; Zealand is a Danish island. Part of Copenhagen is on it. and ZEELAND (after which New Zealand is named) is in the Netherlands.
Which country has a sailing team named the Kiwis?
New Zealand.
