Hawaii was originally named the Sandwich Islands after one of Captain James Cook's sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was at the time the First Lord of the Admiralty and Cook's superior officer.
The Sandwich Islands, most of which are know today as the Hawaiian Islands, were given the original name by James Cook. Cook had sought to honor the First Lord of the Admiralty, James Montagu, otherwise know as the Earl of Sandwich.
they were named in honor of the Earl of Sandwich by Captain James Cook.
Cooks Island was named after Captain James Cook who sailed through them in 1773.
Captain James Cook named the Sandwich Islands in honor of his patron, John Montagu, the fourth earl of Sandwich.
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The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.
Sandwich Islands was just the name that James Cook gave to Hawaii, not knowing the native name for the islands he named them in honor of his boss the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was the First Lord of the Admiralty.
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.
The state of Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands. They were designated as the Sandwich Islands from the English explorer Captain Cook back in 1778. Cook selected the name based on his superior who was named Sandwich.
Captain Cook named them the Sandwich Isles.
Captain Cook gave them the name of the Sandwich Islands.
The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.
Sandwich Islands was just the name that James Cook gave to Hawaii, not knowing the native name for the islands he named them in honor of his boss the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was the First Lord of the Admiralty.
It is also called the Sandwich Islands. -------------- No, Hawai'i has always been called Hawai'i. Just that Captain Cook gave the islands the name of "Sandwich Isles" after John Montagu who was the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Hawai'i was named after our ancestor, Hawai'iloa.
In 1778, Captain James Cook gave the name "Sandwich islands" to what is now known as the Hawaiian islands, or Hawaii.
Sandwich Islands after the English earl of Sandwich
The name that Captain Cook gave the Islands simply did not take the cartographer's fancy and they preferred using the Native name.
The Sandwich Islands later came to be known by their native name of Hawaii.
The Sandwich 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.
Captain James Cook named the islands the "Sandwich Islands" after the Earl of Sandwich.
That was the name given by Captain James Cook to the Hawaian Islands.