Question: What was the name of Captain Cook’s ship? Answer: Endurance. Question: The islands that are today known as the Hawaiian Islands were originally named by Captain Cook in 1778 after the then First Lord of the Admiralty. What was that name? Answer: The Sandwich Islands. Not to be confused with South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands which is a British territory in the south Atlantic. Question: Which famous explorer landed on Possession Island and claimed it as a British territory? Answer: Captain James Cook.
Captain James Cook
