what year did columbus make landfall
This page shows the islet of Guanahani, which is part of San Salvador, the first landfall island of Columbus in 1492. Guanahani is an island in the Bahamas that was the first land in the New World sighted and visited by Christopher Columbus' first voyage, on October 12, 1492. It is not known precisely which island it was. Guanahani is the native TaÃ­no name; Columbus called it San Salvador.