Here is a picture of Columbus Isle, San Salvador, Bahamas.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Where in the Bahamas did Columbus first land?
I found it interesting and fascinating that people have spent so much time and effort trying to figure out exactly where in the Bahamas Columbus first landed. I googled this and found that they have concluded after much debate and interpretation of Columbus' journal that "in 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the New World on the island of San Salvador in the eastern Bahamas. After observing the shallow sea around the islands, he said "baja mar" (shallow water or sea), and effectively named the area The Bahamas, or The Islands of the Shallow Sea". http://www.bahamas.com/bahamas/about/general.aspx?sectionid=1597&level=1 For further reading or to find out how they came to the conclusion that San Salvador was infact the island that Columbus first landed see http://www.newworldexplorersinc.org/ColumbusNav%20&%20Landfall.pdfsNav%20&%20Landfall.pdf
Here is a picture of Columbus Isle, San Salvador, Bahamas.
Here is a picture of Columbus Isle, San Salvador, Bahamas.
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It is amazing that reseachers have spent such a great deal of time sorting this out. There are still those that debate this precise location but it is the most reasonable to those who have spent more recent time studying it.
Great start to your blog!
Cathy
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