San Salvador was the name Christopher Columbus gave the island he landed on in the Bahamas. The island is now known as Guanahani.
They were called Injins but he called them Indians.Thats how we have Indians today!
Indians
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
Yes, there were already indigenous people living there!
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
Estimates suggest that there were between 50-100 million indigenous people living in North and South America when Columbus landed in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. However, this number significantly declined due to diseases, war, and forced labor after European contact.
Christopher Columbus found America in1492.
He technically never landed in America. He hit the Bahamas and thought he was in IndiaAnswerArrived in 1492 AnswerArrived in 1492 Columbus's goal was to reach India, but he made a mistake and landed in the Bahamas. He arrived there in 1492. A silly way to remember it is "IN 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" Columbus still thought he was in India and called the people that lived there Indians.
Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492
A lot of people think he landed in North America but he didn't he landed in the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Bahamas in 1492, specifically on an island he named San Salvador (known as Guanahani by the indigenous TaΓno people). This event marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization in the Americas.
native taino people
Discover - to see, find, or become aware of (something) for the first time Columbus found a continent that a lot of people already knew about. Where's the discovery? Oh, does he get credit because they weren't European?
It is estimated that there were between 250,000 to 300,000 Taino people living in Hispaniola when Christopher Columbus first landed there in 1492. However, due to the impact of colonization and diseases brought by the Europeans, the Taino population declined rapidly in the following years.