Guanahani

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Guanahani is the indigenous name for the Bahamian island where Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas in 1492, commonly identified with present-day San Salvador Island.

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Label Occurrences
Guanahani canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
island ⓘ
pre-Columbian settlement area ⓘ
alternativeIdentification Plana Cays ⓘ
Samana Cay ⓘ
associatedWith Columbian Exchange ⓘ
European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
first contact between Europeans and Lucayans ⓘ
belongsTo Bahamas archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Lucayan Archipelago
colonialPowerAfter1492 Spain ⓘ
commonlyIdentifiedWith San Salvador Island ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Bahamas ⓘ
culturalContext Taíno-speaking Lucayan culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
dateOfFirstEuropeanLanding 1492-10-12 ⓘ
discoveredForEuropeBy Christopher Columbus ⓘ
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration
event Columbus first landfall in the Americas ⓘ
firstEuropeanLandingBy Christopher Columbus ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus important site in global exploration history ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Guanahani ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Lucayan ⓘ
linked to: Lucayan Archipelago
hasModernNameCandidate Plana Cays ⓘ
Samana Cay ⓘ
San Salvador Island ⓘ
hasUncertainExactLocation true ⓘ
historicallyIdentifiedWith San Salvador Island ⓘ
indigenousPeople Lucayans ⓘ
laterColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bahamas ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ
mentionedInWork Columbus’s logbook ⓘ
Letter on the First Voyage ⓘ
modernPoliticalEntity Commonwealth of The Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas
navigationContext Columbus’s route across the Atlantic in 1492 ⓘ
partOf Bahamas ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
regionBefore1492 Lucayan territory ⓘ
linked to: Lucayan Archipelago
significance site of first documented European landfall in the Americas by Columbus ⓘ
subjectOf Columbus landfall debates ⓘ
cartographic studies ⓘ
historical geography research ⓘ
voyageNumberOfColumbusLanding first voyage ⓘ
yearOfFirstEuropeanLanding 1492 ⓘ

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