Sandwich Islands
The Hawaiian Islands
Cook named the Hawaiian Islands the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. There are many references to Cook and the Sandwich Islands at the History of Mankind site in the related link.
It was the Hawaiian Islands that were named the Sandwich Islands by James Cook in the 1770s.
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.
They were once called the "Sandwich Islands" after the Earl of Sandwich.
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.
Captain Cook named the Hawaiian Islands in honor of the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time.
HawaiiOnce called the Sanwhich Island and the natives called it Hawaii
Captain James Cook initially named the Hawaiian Island the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich. John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, at the time the First Lord of the Admiralty and Cook's superior officer, was one of Cook's major sponsors.
The state of Hawaii is an archipelago. The names of the main islands of Hawaii are: Hawai'i, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lana's, Niihau, Kahoolawe.
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