Just a small point regarding the naming of the Sandwich Islands. Capt James Cook discovered them in January 1778 and named them after the Earl of Sandwich. Captain Cook was British and explored the both Pacific & Atlantic making many maps of lands previously unknown at that time. Rosemary is right about the Azores being called the Western Islands, this persisted until the late 1800’s according to some official papers concerning my ancestor from the Azores! Tony
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Rosemarie Capodicci Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 09:21 To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with Father's place of Birth Leonor, it does say Isla de Sandwich which is what the Hawaiian Islands were known as because they were 'discovered' by the Earl of Sandwich. The Azores Islands were known as the 'Western Islands' in the USA for a long time. When I was first starting to do my research I thought it meant Hawaii,that's West of California, right?! Never assume, that should be everones motto. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:57 AM <leonor.bert...@gmail.com> wrote: I just searched it and it's a name that was given to Hawaii......I had never heard or seen this before. On Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:55:10 UTC-5, leonor....@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please tell me if this says "natural das Ilhas de Sandwich"? If so, does anybody know where that is? If not, can someone please correct me! Thanks. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911_item1/P168.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
