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Columbus renamed five islands on his first voyage to America: San Salvador; Santa Maria de la Concepcion, Fernandina, Isabela, and Las Islas de Arena.
San Salvador was named after the king of Spain as were Fenandina and Isabela also named after other royal monarchs of Spain. He did this to honor the family who sponsored his voyage in hopes that this would help butter them up to sponsoring more trips to the New World as was the purpose of his entire 1493 letter.
Santa Maria de la Concepcion was named after the Virgin Mary. He did this to honor and acknowledge God and Christendom as was custom of people of this time because the church was a powerful political entity at this time.
Las Islas de Arena means Sandy Island and was probably named that because it was, as you could guess, very sandy.
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Where did Spain establish its first new world colony?
san salvador in 1492 by christopher Columbus
What settlement did Columbus found at his first landing?
He left 39 men, but they were killed by the natives.
What happened on October 12 1492?
On October 12, 1492, a sailor on the Pinta, (one of the three ships in Columbus' voyage) sighted land. The crew reach San Salvador the next day.
Why were the first people of America called Indians?
The Indian does not believe we were the first to settle in America. First, there is no concrete evidence of a migration from any other country, although many countries seem to want to claim the Indian as their long lost relatives. Many years ago, anthropologist swore the Indian came from Russia. Later, countries in Asia claimed them. Later still, there is talk the natives came from somewhere in Africa. The evidence does show, however, that the Indian was on this land long before the ice age. Pottery was unearthed from many thousands of years ago. As the Indian believes, they were here when the Creator put them on this land when time began.
Where does name of city San Diego come from?
San Diego got its name from Sebastian Vizcaino who sailed into San Diego in 1602. He came searching for pearls and surveying the region and named San Diego after the Spanish saint, San Diego de Alcala.
