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1492-Oct.-12

1492-Oct.-12: Columbus made landfall on an island in the Bahamian Archipelago that the local Tainos called Guanahaní.

1492-Oct.-12: Columbus made landfall on an island in the Bahamian Archipelago that the local Tainos called Guanahaní. He took possession of the island in the name of the Spanish crown and renamed it San Salvador.

Source  ·  p. 142 Rouse, The Tainos, 142