The Hawaiian Islands were known as the Sandwich Islands in 1874.
Sources
- 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.gohawaii.com/hawaiian-culture/history (gohawaii.com)
- https://thefounderstrail.co.uk/post/the-sons-of-the-sandwich-islands (thefounderstrail.co.uk)
- https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/3f905fef-714d-42c3-a607-f6bb9c22d891/content (evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu)
- https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/post/the-sons-of-the-sandwich-islands (thefounderstrail.co.uk)
- https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/hawai%CA%BBi-nei-pae-%CA%BBaina/ (imagesofoldhawaii.com)
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