USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is widely believed that during Christopher Columbus’s first expedition to the New World, this island was the first land he sighted and visited on 12 October 1492. He named it San Salvador after Christ the Saviour.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Espanola, Columbus established the first European settlement in the New World. He called it La Navidad after the Nativity. Columbus also tried his hand at naming the creatures he encountered. While sailing, he saw three large creatures he named sirena, or sirens.

Detailed explanation-4: -After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island on October 12, 1492, believing he has reached East Asia.