Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas

Christopher Columbus and his crew land on San Salvador, stepping ashore to claim the land for Spain while the indigenous Taíno people observe cautiously from a distance.

Year 1492

Date 10/12

Location San Salvador, San Salvador, Bahamas

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Causal neighbors · 53 linked moments

Columbus's First Landfall in the Bahamas

                    1492
                     · contemporaneous
                

First landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas

                    1492
                     · contemporaneous
                

Columbus's Return to Palos de la Frontera

                    1493
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

Capitulations of Santa Fe

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

Columbus's First Landfall in the Bahamas

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus

                    1493
                     · same figure
                

Departure of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

First Voyage of Christopher Columbus

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Capitulations of Santa Fe

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus

                    1493
                     · same figure
                

Departure of Columbus's First Voyage

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (France-Spain)

                    1559
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

First Voyage of Christopher Columbus

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

First landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Departure of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Departure of Columbus's First Voyage

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

Capitulations of Santa Fe

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Founding of Santo Domingo

                    1496
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

First Landing of Christopher Columbus in the Bahamas

                    1492
                     · contemporaneous
                

First Landing of Christopher Columbus in the Bahamas

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Wreck of the Spanish Armada at Streedagh

                    1588
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · caused by
                

Columbus's First Landfall in the Bahamas

                    1492
                     · contemporaneous
                

First landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas

                    1492
                     · contemporaneous
                

Columbus's Return to Palos de la Frontera

                    1493
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

Capitulations of Santa Fe

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Treaty of Tordesillas

                    1494
                     · same figure
                

Columbus's First Landfall in the Bahamas

                    1492
                     · same figure
                

Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus

                    1493
                     · same figure
                

Departure of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage

                    1492
                     · same figure
                