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Discovery of Hawaii

Name: Discovery of Hawaii – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1776–1778Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1776

James Cook1776

Hawaii · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Visits the Cook Islands & Hawaii

1778

James Cook17 January 1778

Hawaii · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Discovers Hawaii, names them the Sandwich Islands after Lord Sandwich

Names involved

James Cook

Provenance

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