[DOC] [TLE] Where is Old Zealand? | Mental Floss [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Zeeland - Wikipedia [PAR] Namesakes. The islands of New Zealand were discovered for the western world by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1642, although he did not land in New Zealand. Tasman named it Staten Landt, believing it to be part of the land of that name off the coast of Argentina. [DOC] [TLE] New Zealand - Wikipedia [PAR] Etymology. Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted New Zealand in 1642 and called it Staten Landt, supposing it was connected to a landmass of the same name at the southern tip of South America. In 1645, Dutch cartographers renamed the land Nova Zeelandia after the Dutch province of Zeeland. [DOC] [TLE] Zealand - Wikipedia [PAR] Zealand (Danish: Sjlland; pronounced [lan]) is the largest (7,031 km2) 
and most ... to the Pacific nation of New Zealand, which is named after the Dutch 
province of Zeeland. ... Zealand is joined in the west to Funen, by the Great Belt 
bridge, and Funen is connected by bridges to the country's mainland, Jutland. [DOC] [TLE] Aotearoa - Wikipedia [PAR] Aotearoa originally used in reference to the North Island of New Zealand, is now 
the most widely known and accepted Mori name for the entire country. ... 
Aotearoa was used for the name of New Zealand in the 1878 translation of The ... 
referring to the Dutch province of Zeeland, after Hendrik Brouwer proved the 
South... [DOC] [TLE] What's New About New Zealand? - Ask History - History (history.com) [PAR] Feb 4, 2014 ... ... are named after areas of England, but what about New Zealand? ... decided to 
call Tasman's new find Nieuw Zeeland after a province of the... [DOC] [TLE] Where is Old Zealand? | Mental Floss [PAR] May 24, 2016 ... ... to land on what is now known as New Zealand was a Dutchman named Abel 
Tasman. ... part of South America, and Blaeu named the area Nieuw Zeeland 
after Zeeland, the westernmost province of the Netherlands. [DOC] [TLE] Is there a place called Zealand that New Zealand Was named after ... [PAR] Jun 28, 2010 ... Best Answer: New Zealand was named after the Dutch province of Zeeland. The 
province of Zeeland is located in the south-west of Holland. .... New Zealand is a 
country, it means there is a country having a name Zealand,... [DOC] [TLE] New Zealand - Wiktionary [PAR] Etymology[edit]. From Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland   (new Zeeland), after the Dutch 
settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of 
Zeeland. ... A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New... [DOC] [TLE] Naming of the Two New Zealands - MapForum.Com [PAR] Naming what were believed to be new discoveries was not always done with the 
.... of New Zealand was named after the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, 
... Tasman named the country Staten Landt after surmising its shores might well... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman - New Zealand in History [PAR] Tasman named this land "Staten Landt", which refers to the "Land of the (Dutch) 
States-General. .... or Nieuw Zeeland became attributed to this country within the 
decade. ... The province of Zeeland is located in the south-west of Holland. [DOC] [TLE] If New Zealand is 'New' Zealand, is there an 'Old' Zealand? - Quora [PAR] Feb 25, 2011 ... Old" Zeeland is a province in the south-west corner of the Netherlands. Originally 
... New Zealand (Aotearoa being the native Maori name) was named ... is largely 
credited as being the first European to discover the country. [DOC] [TLE] Why is New Zealand called New Zealand? - Quora [PAR] Jan 19, 2016 ... Quora User has answered about how NZ was colonised. Now coming back to the 
... Zeeland was one of two maritime provinces in the Netherlands; Australia was 
already ... Yes, New Zealand is named directly for that island. ... stopped them 
from putting a Dutch flag in the sand claiming NZ for his country. [DOC] [TLE] From New

Question: New Zealand was named for the Province of Zeeland in this country
Answer: the Netherlands