[DOC] [TLE] Tonga - Wikipedia [PAR] Tonga officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and 
archipelago ... Tonga became known in the West as the Friendly Islands because 
of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 
1773. .... His health deteriorated significantly shortly thereafter, and he died at 3:
15 pm... [DOC] [TLE] History of Tonga - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Tonga is recorded since the century after 900 BC, when seafarers 
associated ... By the 12th century, Tongans, and the Tongan kings named the Tu'i 
Tonga, ... islands actually came to Tonga regularly to acknowledge their 
sovereign. ... I. In 1875, with the help of missionary Shirley Baker, he declared 
Tonga a... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Pacific Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] History of the Pacific Islands covers the history of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. 
.... During the same voyage he also named the islands to the north of New ... 
From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and ... 
This was in complete contrast to the Tongans he described as "The Friendly 
Islands". [DOC] [TLE] (The Tyranny of Distance)2 : A visit to the Friendly Islands ... [PAR] Sep 13, 2010 ... There are few bargains to be had in Tonga for tourists, if even they ... 
descendants of those left here by Captain Cook in the 18th century, and ... I saw 
no buildings over three floors in height, and no traffic lights. ... The name tells the 
truth. ... it the Friendly Islands, a reflection of the reception he received there. [DOC] [TLE] James Cook: Third Voyage - Princeton University [PAR] (He had been offered an attractive sinecure at the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.) 
... On the home front, Cook added another son, Hugh (named after friend and 
patron ... Swedish, Italian, and Russian were also published in the eighteenth 
century. ... The expedition reached the Friendly Islands (Tonga) by May and 
spent two... [DOC] [TLE] Tonga  History and Culture - iExplore [PAR] Regardless, the 'Friendly Islands' tag has remained, and a visit to Tonga will 
reveal a ... There were civil wars in the region in the 15th century, then again in 
the 17th century. ... It was on his first voyage that he fondly named Tonga the '
Friendly Islands'. ... However, the arrival of Europeans in the 17th and 18th 
centuries, and... [DOC] [TLE] Captain James Cook > The Welcome - Captain Cook Society [PAR] At one time six hundred canoes were counted around Resolution, and three ... 
Cook thought the name was "Tou'ah'ah," and quickly learned that he ... Unlike 
Cook's first visits at South Sea islands, such as at Tahiti in 1769, Tonga in 1773, 
and the ... The word "god" for the eighteenth-century preliterate Hawaiian 
presumably... [DOC] [TLE] Christianity and Taufa'ahau in Tonga: 1800-1850 - BiblicalStudies ... [PAR] 1799 and 1800, three of the missionaries were killed at the village of. Ha'ateiho ... 
arrived in Tonga to establish their mission in Hihifo (the western part of ... He was 
then given his first name, Ngininginiofolanga (Nginingini of .... Towards the end of 
the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, ...... Lifuka on a visit. [DOC] [TLE] Tonga facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] Tongan, a Polynesian language not written down until the 19th century, is the ... 
There are no bridges in Tonga, but three islands in the Vava'u group are ... it to 
his brother Ma'ungamotu'a, whom he thereafter called the Tu'i Ha'atakalaua. ... of 
its peoplehence the archipelago received its nickname, the Friendly Islands. [DOC] [TLE] 1983 Tongan Paper - CSU, Chico [PAR] Aug 15, 2003 ... Research on Pacific topics has accelerated in the 20th century and ... In dealing 
with data pertaining to Indians of New York State he wrote: .... there were several 
European residents in Tonga in 1797 who were ... This occurred in less than 
three decades after Cook named the islands "The Friendly Islands.

Question: For the welcome he received there during 3 18th century visits, he named Tonga "The Friendly Islands"
Answer: Cook