Calling them the Sandwich Islands when he discovered them and then anchoring in Kealakekua Bay, the islands of Hawaii were first visited by which European explorer?

On January 18, 1778, Captain James Cook became the first European to travel to the Hawaiian Islands when he zipped past the island of Oahu. On January 20, he landed on the island of Kauai. He decided to name his island paradise in honor of John Montague, the Earl of Sandwich.

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