Hawaii was first called the Sandwich Islands.

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Pretty sure it was first called  Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu,Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and Hawaiʻi.

The earliest habitation supported by archaeological evidence dates to as early as 300 CE, whereas the 1778 arrival of British explorer James Cook was Hawaiʻi’s first documented contact with European explorers. Cook named the islands the “Sandwich Islands” in honor of his sponsor John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

Because things only exist when Europeans discover them smh

This. ffs