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Post by geministar on May 18, 2009 20:23:09 GMT
Durham in the UK now New Zealand  |
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Post by phoney on May 18, 2009 20:45:13 GMT
But why is it named 'New Zealand'. Is there an 'Old' Zealand?
Can't seem to find a definitive answer. Did the Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman name it after the province of Zealand in 1642, and why didn't Captain Cook rename it with a British name.
Lots of speculation on Google
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Yet the real answer is less simple, and it is tantalising that even modern historical research leaves an area of uncertainty as to the first use of the name New Zealand.
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Post by ken on May 19, 2009 14:44:47 GMT
Captain Cook did rename it New Zealand. It was Neue Zeeland before that.
KC
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Post by Dunnit on May 20, 2009 3:27:21 GMT
Hi geminstar
I'm from UK but now in Reporoa between Taupo and Rotorua
New Zealand is named after an island off Denmark
Zealand (also Sealand; Danish: Sjælland; [ˈɕɛˌlænˀ]) is the largest island (7,031 km²) of Denmark (excluding Greenland, which is a Danish territory) and the 95th largest island in the world. Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge.
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Post by lazysod on May 24, 2009 20:59:28 GMT
I'm from Scotland I have lived here my whole life, sometimes I feel like just packing up and moving somewhere else and starting over but I never get around to it. |
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Post by Dunnit on May 25, 2009 6:43:23 GMT
Move south Lazy
Get into Yorkshire, then if you feel adventurous, cross the border into England, but remember to return to Yorks before sunset 
You cant trust those sassernacks 
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Post by donski1 on May 25, 2009 7:22:51 GMT
England.
Carlisle to be precise, and fortunately things have settled down these past few hundred years, or I'd be saying England, for now!
The Great Border City, anyhow.
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Post by photocool on Jun 2, 2009 23:34:19 GMT
I'm a Yorkie, always a Yorkie, but unfortunatley I moved south, not a southener tho, and I'm not soft lol I'd love to move to New Zealand but dont think I ever will  |
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Post by John on Aug 8, 2009 19:52:30 GMT
London then moved north a bit |
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