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San Salvador was what Columbus named the first island he visited in the Americas.

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Columbus landed in America, but thought that he was in the Indies, so he named the natives Indians. He also named the Island San Salvador.

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Cuba and Hispaniola

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What was the name of the 1st island Christopher Columbus visited?

san salvador , cuba, trinidad & tobago,the bahamas


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Which explorer laid the basis for spanish claims in the Americas?

I guess if your count the island of Hispanola that Columbus landed on as the first it would be that, but on the mainland of North America it would be De Soto.


What is Christopher Columbus' claim to fame?

Christopher Columbus is regarded as the person who brought the Americas into the forefront of Western attention. It is not that he first discovered the Americas, it is that he was the first one to stay, besides the Native Americans.


Did Columbus call one of the Americas island Hispanola?

Yes, Christopher Columbus's first settlement in the New World was Hispaniola. Turns out that he was right and this whole "earth not being flat" thing.


What people did Columbus encounter when he first arrived in the Americas?

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