What is Sandwich Islands?
{{distinguish|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|Manuae (Cook Islands)}} {{more sources|date=February 2025}} [[Image:Allerton Garden, Kauai, Hawaii - Lawai Bay.JPG|right|thumb|200px|<center> Kauai, Hawaii</center>]] The '''Sandwich Islands''' is [[James Cook|Captain James Cook]]'s name for the [[Hawaiian Islands]] in 1778. He chose the name of his patron, the 4th [[Earl of Sandwich]]. The name [[Hawaii]] is the [[Polynesia]]n name of the islands. The first known inhabitants of Hawaii were from Polynesia in the first 1,000 years AD.<ref>pp. 417, 425, Volume 12, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. MCMLXXXIII. USA: Rand McNally & Company</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:History of Hawaii]] {{US-geo-stub}}