为什么早期的欧洲移民把塔斯马尼亚岛叫Van Diemen's land（地狱之门）？

The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania in 1642. Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt, in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery. ---wiki百科

荷兰探险家Abel Tasman是第一位登上此岛的欧洲人。最初的名字是他以Anthony van Diemen--时任荷兰东印度公司总督(派Tasman出发航行探险)之名命名的。

Because the name Van Diemen's Land was seen to be tied up with convicts and it sounded like the word "demon", Van Diemen's Land was renamed in 1856. It was called Tasmania after Abel Tasman. The last penal settlement in Tasmania at Port Arthur finally closed in 1877.---wiki百科

后来为了把名字和犯罪的意象(流放犯人地)和demon的发音‘恶魔’(音同)分开来改名Tasmania以纪念Abel Tasman.

请题主善用google及wiki。

基本上人类会把没有去过的地方称为接近地狱的地方。