Monday, October 10, 2016

Fact of the Day: Sandwich Islands

James Cook was the first European to have formal contact with natives in Hawaii. He actually tried to name the Hawaiian Islands, the Sandwich Islands after an English Earl. James Cook wouldn't make it back home as he died in Hawaii after a quarrel with Hawaiians went very sour and he was killed in a fight. 
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6 comments:

  1. KayOctober 10, 2016 at 1:48 AM

    Sigh... Yes, he was killed on the Big Island after some bad misunderstandings with the native islanders.

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  2. Pat HattOctober 10, 2016 at 8:51 AM

    Hawaii wasn't always so relaxed then

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  3. Anna - AlinaOctober 10, 2016 at 9:09 AM

    That part about Sandwich islands sounds funny!

    http://anna-alina.blogspot.com/

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  4. DebbieOctober 10, 2016 at 9:27 AM

    hehehe, the sandwich islands sound so funny but had he won his battle, if would sound perfectly normal. i wonder what a sandwich was back the??

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  5. Plowing Through Life (Martha)October 10, 2016 at 9:44 AM

    It didn't go well for him.

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  6. bjOctober 11, 2016 at 9:48 AM

    Sandwich Islands would have sounded funny, I guess.

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