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San Salvador was the name Christopher Columbus gave the island he landed on in the Bahamas. The island is now known as Guanahani.

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Where Columbus land first?

Christopher Columbus first landed in the Bahamas.


Where did Columbus land first?

On his first trip to the "new world", Columbus initially landed at San Salvador.


What date did Columbus land?

He landed on Thursday, October 11,1492, in the Bahamas


Where did cristopher land?

Christopher Columbus? He landed in the present day Bahamas.


What year did Christopher Columbus land in the Bahamas but thought it was Asia?

Columbus landed on October 12th, 1492 and thought he was in India.


Where did chistopher colombus land when he first discovered America?

Christopher Columbus first landed in The Bahamas


What did Columbus call the land he landed on?

san salvador


What islands did Columbus land on?

The first land/island Christopher Columbus saw was San Salvador. That is the answer to that question. GOOD LUCK!


Where did Christopher Columbus first land thinking he had made it to Asia?

Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, however thinking he had made it to Asia.


Where did Columbus claim his lands?

Columbus landed on the American continent in Honduras


What land did Columbus actually discover in 1492?

He landed on what we now call the Bahamas. He named this land "San Salvador" and called its people "Indios", believing mistakenly that they were Indians from India, and that he had discovered the westward ocean route to India (which was his intent).


Who landed on an island he named San Salvador?

Christopher Columbus."Finally on October 12, 1492, the ships landed on an island Columbus named San Salvador. Today we call this land east of Florida the Bahama Islands."~ Quoted from Oklahoma Hisotry Book.Oklahoma:Land of Contrasts.