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15 actually.
There are 15 islands (2 uninhabited. North to south, they are...
Penrhyn (aka Tongareva), Rakahanga, Manihiki, Pukapuka, Nassau, Suwarrow (Suvarov) , Palmerston, Aitutaki, Manuae, Takutea, Mitiaro, Atiu, Mauke, Rarotonga (the capital island) and Mangaia.
Rarotonga
Aitutaki
Mangaia
Atiu
Maike
Mitiaro
Manuae
Takutea
Manihiki
Penrhyn
Rakahanga
Suwarrow
Nassau
Pukapuka
Palmerston North
Captain Cook named the islands Hervey Islands. The name Cook Islands appeared on a Russian Naval Chart in the 1820's named so in honour of James Cook
capt. James cookAnswerJames Cook actually named the islands the Hervey Islands.The name Cook Islands, in honour of Cook, appeared on a Russian naval chart published in the 1820s
Captain Cook gave them the name of the Sandwich Islands.
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* Tahiti * New Zealand * Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)
Captain James Cook named the islands the "Sandwich Islands" after the Earl of Sandwich.
The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.
That was the name given by Captain James Cook to the Hawaian Islands.
The Hawaiian Islands were named Sandwich Islands by James Cook in the 1770s. Other Islands similarly named by Cook were Efate Island in The Republic of Vanuatu (Sandwich Island) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
In 1778, Captain James Cook gave the name "Sandwich islands" to what is now known as the Hawaiian islands, or Hawaii.
No, the Cook Islands are in Oceania.
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