Sandwich islands.
Sandwich Islands
Sandwich Islands after the English earl of Sandwich
Captain Cook gave them the name of the Sandwich 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.
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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.
When the Hawaiian islands were discovered by Captain Cook, he named them The Sandwich Islands after Earl Sandwich.
The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.
As of 2006, the massive population of the south sandwich islands was 30 people.
The Sandwich Islands later came to be known by their native name of Hawaii.
The Hawaiian Islands