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Tom Davis | Help: relation between Ireland & Van Diemen's Land (73* d) | RE: Help: HELP ME, IMPORTANT!!!: Van Diemen's Lan | 28 Feb 00 |
As Tasmania was named after a Dutch explorer by the name of Tasman, I would guess that Mr Van Dieman was one of his officers, or perhaps the captain of another ship from the same land. Or maybe not. Tom |