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:''"Sandwich Island" redirects here. Sandwich Island is also an early name for the [[Cook Islands]] island of [[Manuae (Cook Islands)|Manuae]], and for the island of [[Efate]] in [[Vanuatu]].''
The '''Sandwich Islands''' was the name given to the [[Hawaiian Islands]] by Captain [[James Cook]] on his discovery of the islands on [[January 18]], [[1778]]. The name was made in honor of one of his sponsors, [[John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich]], who was at the time the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] and Cook's superior officer. During the late 19th century, the name fell into disuse.
The Sandwich Islands should not be confused with the [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|South Sandwich Islands]], a mostly uninhabited [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Dependent territory|dependency]] in the southern [[Atlantic Ocean]].
==See also==
* [[History of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Islands of Hawaii]]
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