Why is New Zealand called New Zealand? Where is Old Zealand?

Why is New Zealand called New Zealand?
Have you ever wondered why New Zealand is called New Zealand? What is a Zealand and why is it new? Also, if New Zealand is new, where is Old Zealand? Who chose this weird name? Let's have a short history lesson on how this great nation got its name.

[@michelehubert4861]

Thank you for this detailed and accurate explanation of Abel Tasman's discovery but he had nothing to do with the name Zeeland for Staten Land. The cartographer of the Dutch-East India Company, who had employed Abel Tasman to map out the Pacific, chose to call the island N. Zeeland as a tribute to his recently deceased mother, who came from that Dutch island. I wish New Zealand would be changed to Aoteoroa. Like New Hebrides being changed back to Vanuatu

[@harrycurrie9664]

How about it being called Nova Zeelandia ? after a small Dutch island. Change to Te ika -a - maui ( The fish of Maui ) may be appropriate since he was the one to drag it out of the ocean.

[@ceedoubleyou]

@@harrycurrie9664 I think it's time the country was appropriately named for a South Pacific country.

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@ceedoubleyou I agree Te Ika a maui is great.

[@Digmen1]

@@harrycurrie9664 That was just the north island

[@rosanaterra]

Hello! I went in New Zealand in 2018 for a vacation and I loved it! It was my first international travel. I always wanted to go there. Finally I made my biggest dream come true. Thank you for this video. Greetings from Brazil!

[@ChayseWhitmore]

Hey mate, fellow Kiwi here. Just discovered your channel today and I don’t know if you’re reading this but it would be super cool to see you make a return. I feel like with the right help your channel could do very well 😊

[@citizenVader]

Well there is a old Zealand in Denmark

[@citizenVader]

It's kinda where Copenhagen is

[@blackF7_Finn]

Yeah new Amsterdam was taken