Watling Island
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Critics of Columbus say his landing on Watling Island in the Bahamas on Oct.
From Washington Times
In this Columbian year shall we think that nothing was gained when Columbus reached San Salvador, as we used to be taught, or Watling Island, or Grand Turk, or Samana, among which bewildered knowledge now doubtfully gropes—because he had not reached the continent, and because he believed it to be the old and not a new India?
From Project Gutenberg
The storm had begun by pounding over Watling Island in the Bahamas�probably the San Salvador which was Christopher Columbus' first landing place�silencing the Government wireless.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first land sighted was an island called by the Indians Guanahani: geographers today think it was Watling Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
While it is not known with certainty where he landed, it was probably Watling Island, one of the Bahamas.
From Project Gutenberg
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