He did land here but he landed in San Salvador.
never came to America
NO, he never set the foot in mainland North America.
First, he didn't discover America. He found Hispinola in the Bahamas and never knew about North America.
Columbus did NOT discover America. He found an island he called Hispaniola and never made it to America. It is a fable that he discovered it.
Christopher Columbus is generally credited with discovering America, of which Panama is a part. However, Columbus never stood on the lands that are now Panama.
Christopher Columbus is generally credited with discovering America, of which Venezuela is a part. However, Columbus never went to the lands that are now Venezuela.
Columbus is credited with making the European discovery of America, of which Panama is a part. So in a sense he can be said to have discovered Panama. However, Columbus never traveled to the lands that are now part of Panama
Columbus is credited with making the European discovery of America, of which Canada is a part. So in a sense he can be said to have discovered Canada as part of his discovery of America, generally. However, Columbus never traveled to the lands that are now part of Canada.
No he never
Francis Drake never discovered America. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But actually the first to find America was the vikings way back when but Christopher Columbus was credited for the discovery.
Since Columbus always believed he had found a way to the Indies and never considered that he might have found an "undiscovered" continent, if he crew had told someone that he didn't discover America, he would have said they were telling the truth.
In 1492 Columbus sailed to find a northwest route to Asia, but he found the Bahamas. He never landed in North America nor knew it existed.