"Rich Grise" <richgrise@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.09.06.46.14.46569@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:32:06 -0800, bill.sloman wrote:
>
> > Clarence gets it wrong again.
> >
> > The name of New Zealand appears to be dervied from that of
Zeeland,
> > the most southerly of the seven provinces of the Netherlands.
As one would suspect, BS can't spell, but that is exactly what I
would expect. I am so glad I kill filed that clown!
<snip>
Read the entire link, it seems no one really knows how the name
came about. But there is a "Dutch" influence!
> > http://history-nz.org/discovery1.html
> >
> > Google is handy, but you need some background information to
get the
> > best out of it.
You also have to UNDERSTAND what you read!
> > -----------------
> > Bill Sloman, Nijmegen (in Gelderland, rather than Zeeland, but
I was
> > born in Tasmania, also discovered by Abel Janszoon Tasman)
>
> Thanks!
> Rich
>
>
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