Also that "person who explored by boat around lots of the world" could easily be not just Cook, but also Magellan, da Gama, Leif Erikson, Drake, Vespucci, Zheng He, etc.
Even assuming the "world" emoji explicitly means the Americas, there's like 10 plausible options, with Columbus probably in the top 3 or so, depending on one's perspective.
The Hawaiian islands were once known to Europeans as the Sandwich Islands - named by explorer James Cook after the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
Even assuming the "world" emoji explicitly means the Americas, there's like 10 plausible options, with Columbus probably in the top 3 or so, depending on one's perspective.