daniel defoe discovered some islands in the bahamas in 1492.
who discovered some islands in the bahamas in 1492?
daniel defoe
in 1492 christopher columbus sailed from spain on his first voyage with three ships, the "niña," the "pinta," and the flagship, "santa maria," seeking a direct route to asia. on 12 october 1492 columbus reached an island in the bahamas and claimed it for spain, an event long regarded by europeans as the 'discovery' of america. this island was called "guanahani" by the lucayan, and san salvador by the spanish. the identity of the first american landfall by columbus remains controversial, but many authors accept samuel e. morison's identification of columbus' san salvador as what was later called watling (or watling's) island. its name has been officially changed to san salvador. columbus visited several other islands in the bahamas before sailing to present-day cuba and afterwards to hispaniola.
history of the bahamas
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