Columbus Before the Queen – Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze – 1843
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October 12, 1492
“On the thirty-fifth day of the voyage, two hours after midnight, a sailor on the Pinta shouted “Land!” He could see land by the light of the moon. That morning, October 12, 1492 all the men went ashore. The place? Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, renamed San Salvador.”
“Called Guanahani by the native Lucayan Indians, Columbus renamed the island San Salvador or “Holy Saviour,” noting in his journal: “The beauty of these islands surpasses that of any other and as much as the day surpasses the night in splendour.””