Sandwich Islands

Sandwich Islands was the name given to the Hawaiian Islands by James Cook in the 1770s.

Sandwich Islands or Sandwich Island may also refer to:

  • South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago, named by James Cook, which is part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean
  • Sandwich Island, a former name by James Cook of the uninhabited atoll Manuae in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean
  • Sandwich Island, a former name by James Cook of Efate Island in The Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean
  • Sandwich Island Sleeper or Eleotris sandwicensis, a species of fish endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Famous quotes related to sandwich islands:

    “The result of civilization, at the Sandwich Islands and elsewhere, is found productive to the civilizers, destructive to the civilizees. It is said to be compensation—a very philosophical word; but it appears to be very much on the principle of the old game, ‘You lose, I win’: good philosophy for the winner.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)