Thanks everyone! I seem to learn something new every day! On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:39 PM Tony Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, March 7, 2019 09:21 > *To: *[email protected] > *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 > > [email protected] > > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:57 AM <[email protected]> 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, [email protected] 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
