Q. I’ve been researching my family history. I found that some of my ancestors lived on a big island in Denmark called Zealand. I’d like to find out more about that area. I’m also wondering if New Zealand, near Australia, was settled by or discovered by the Danish?
A. The Denmark volume in the Lonely Planet series has a whole chapter on Zealand. It is Denmark’s largest island. Copenhagen is on the eastern coast of Zealand.
Here’s the introduction to that book’s chapter on Zealand: “Denmark’s largest island offers much more than the city of Copenhagen. North of the city lie some of the country’s finest beaches and most impressive castles.
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