On January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands when he sailed past what island?

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Oahu. He called them the Sandwich Islands. British Captain James Cook first sighted Oahu in 1778, when he named the islands the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich. http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-West/Honolulu-History.html http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/cook.php [Edited to add references - McG] Jan 19 05, 9:00 AM

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