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∙ 10y agoThe 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.
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∙ 7y agothey were named in honor of the Earl of Sandwich by Captain James Cook.
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∙ 13y agoCooks Island was named after Captain James Cook who sailed through them in 1773.
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∙ 14y agoCaptain James Cook named the Sandwich Islands in honor of his patron, John Montagu, the fourth earl of Sandwich.
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What is the present name of the Sandwich Islands discovered by Captain Cook?
The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.
Why did Cook know that Hawaii was a Sandwich Island?
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.
When did Captain James Cook name the islands 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.
Which state was originally called sandwich islnds?
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.
What was the former name of the Hawaiian Islands?
Captain Cook named them the Sandwich Isles.
What is the other name for big island of Hawaii?
Captain Cook gave them the name of the Sandwich Islands.
What is the present name of the Sandwich Islands discovered by Captain Cook?
The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.
Why did Cook know that Hawaii was a Sandwich Island?
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.
What is Hawaii's name?
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.
What is another name for the sandwich islands?
In 1778, Captain James Cook gave the name "Sandwich islands" to what is now known as the Hawaiian islands, or Hawaii.
Another name for the hawaiian islands?
Sandwich Islands after the English earl of Sandwich
When did Sandwich become Hawaii?
The name that Captain Cook gave the Islands simply did not take the cartographer's fancy and they preferred using the Native name.
What were the Sandwich Islands later named?
The Sandwich Islands later came to be known by their native name of Hawaii.
What was the originial name for Hawaii?
The Sandwich Islands.
When did Captain James Cook name the islands 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.
What was the name given by islands in 1778 by the English sea captain James cook?
Captain James Cook named the islands the "Sandwich Islands" after the Earl of Sandwich.
Is there such a thing as the Sandwich Islands?
That was the name given by Captain James Cook to the Hawaian Islands.
