Sandwich Islands
Sandwich Islands was a name given to the Hawaiian Islands by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s.
Sandwich Islands may also refer to:
Manuae (Cook Islands), uninhabited atoll in the southern group, named "Sandwich Island", then "Hervey Island" by James Cook Efate, island in The Republic of Vanuatu (Shefa Province), also previously named by James Cook South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, also named by James Cook
See also
History of Hawaii
Translation
The phrase "Sandwich Islands" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Vietnamese: Quần đảo Sandwich, Chinese: 三明治群島.
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