San Salvador ISland is in the Bahamas, and that IS the current name. It was called Guanahani by the natives, and then Watling, for John Watling...until 1925.
San Salvador was what Columbus named the first island he visited in the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus discovered San Salvador.
He found the indies in the san salvador
Columbus landed in the Bahamas
He was the one who named the San Salvador
There is no country named San Salvador. San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador, a country located in Central America.
For a country to be named after Jesus Christ will have to be a catholic country, it has to be a South American country. And there are many such countries in South america after the Spanish invasion. The country is SAN SALVADOR.
Christopher Columbus."Finally on October 12, 1492, the ships landed on an island Columbus named San Salvador. Today we call this land east of Florida the Bahama Islands."~ Quoted from Oklahoma Hisotry Book.Oklahoma:Land of Contrasts.
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San Salvador was the name Christopher Columbus gave the island he landed on in the Bahamas. The island is now known as Guanahani.
El Salvador, which is Spanish for "The Savior". Its capital is San Salvador, which means "Holy Savior".
he named it San Salvador.
San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador. It technically means Saint Salvador, but "salvador" means "savior" in Spanish so this is probably what you are looking for. There are also cities named San Salvador in Mexico, Argentina, and Peru.
The Watling Island is known today as the San Salvador Island. The name Watling was used from 1680 until 1925.
He named Bahamas, San Salvador.
Salvador, Bahia, is the capital of the State of Bahia.San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador.