Abel Tasman was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to discover the area now called New Zealand. Zeeland is a Dutch province which is a seafaring region. The Dutch authorities on the report of Abel Tasman named the new found island, New Zealand.
There is another "Zealand" in the Netherlands. I believe New Zealand was named after that part of The Netherlands.
New Zealand was originally named after the Netherlands province, Zeeland.
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.
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Earl Mountains were named by the explorersurveyor, James McKerrow after the Earl of Eglinton.
New Zealand was named after Zeeland, a province. It was discovered and named by Abel Tasman
John P Phillip named New Zealand New Zealand
There is another "Zealand" in the Netherlands. I believe New Zealand was named after that part of The Netherlands.
The Capital Of New Zealand is Wellington. It was named after the second most important chamber of the Dutch-east-Indian Company.
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.
New Zealand was originally named after the Netherlands province, Zeeland.
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.
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.
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.
New Zealand was named after 'Zeeland' in the Netherlands. --------------- Zealand is also the English name for Sjaelland in Denmark.
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.
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