Christopher Columbus is the explorer who landed in San Salvador in 1492. He was a famous Italian explorer who sailed under the flag of Spain and is credited with discovering the Americas. His voyage marked the beginning of the European colonization of the New World.
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.
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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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Columbus landed in the Bahamas
On his first trip to the "new world", Columbus initially landed at San Salvador.
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He named Bahamas, San Salvador.
Christopher Columbus Landed on the island of San Salvador.
The natives living there who he thought would be good slaves.