Guanahani

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historical place island pre-Columbian settlement area

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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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guanahani canonical 2

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 Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Bahamas archipelago
colonialPowerAfter1492 Spain ⓘ
commonlyIdentifiedWith San Salvador Island ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Bahamas ⓘ
culturalContext Taíno ⓘ
surface form: Taíno-speaking Lucayan culture
dateOfFirstEuropeanLanding 1492-10-12 ⓘ
discoveredForEuropeBy Christopher Columbus ⓘ
era Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery
event Columbus first landfall in the Americas ⓘ
firstEuropeanLandingBy Christopher Columbus ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus important site in global exploration history ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Guanahani self-link ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Lucayan
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 letters ⓘ
surface form: Columbus’s logbook

Columbus’s letters ⓘ
surface form: Letter on the First Voyage
modernPoliticalEntity Bahamas ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
navigationContext Columbus’s route across the Atlantic in 1492 ⓘ
partOf Bahamas ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
regionBefore1492 Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Lucayan territory
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas → firstLandfall → Guanahani ⓘ
Guanahani → hasIndigenousName → Guanahani self-link ⓘ