SAN SALVADOR, Island, Bahamas

island of the Bahamas, West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it Guanahani, and it has also been named Watling or Watlings Island. It was formerly confused with what is now known as Cat Island.

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books on: San Salvador Island Bahamas  - 86 results

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The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas
Book by William F. Keegan; University Press of Florida, 1992
Subjects: Bahamas--Antiquities, Indians Of The West Indies--Bahamas--Antiquities, Lucayan Indians--Antiquities, Lucayan Indians--History
...Account of the Bahama Islands . London: R. Taylor...Investigations on Cat Island, Bahamas . Masters thesis...Investigations on Cat Island, Bahamas. Contributions of...Columbian Pottery, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Geoarchaeology 1...
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The Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude, 1783-1933
Book by Howard Johnson; University Press of Florida, 1996
Subjects: Bahamas--Economic Conditions, Plantation Life--Bahamas--History, Slavery--Bahamas--History, Slaves--Emancipation--Bahamas--History, Truck System--Bahamas--History
...the Bahama Islands , 15 February...Town, Long Island, for 1912. Bahamas Archives...the Bight, San Salvador, for 1912...Report on Rock Island and Tarpum...the Bahama Islands , 15 February...Arthurs Town, San Salvador, for 1916. Bahamas Archives...on Ragged Island for 1911...
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Amerindians, Africans, Americans: Three Papers in Caribbean History : Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians, Nassau, the Bahamas
Book; Canoe Press/University of West Indies Press, 1996
Subjects: Carib Indians--Antilles, Lesser--History--Congresses, Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Refugees--Congresses, Haitians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th Century--Congresses, Plantation Life--Bahamas--History--Congresses, West Indies--History--Congresses
...of the Bahama Islands London: William...in the Bahama Islands PhD diss...9 Nassau, Bahamas 1823-4: The...visiting the island of New Providence Nassau: The Bahamas Historical Society...Watlings maintenant San Salvador , partit pour...
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A History of the Bahamas
Book by Michael Craton; Collins, 1962
Subjects: Bahamas--History
...210 Sands, Peter, 70 Sands, Stafford, 279 San Salvador, see Watlings Island Santa Elena, 49 , 54 Saunders, Parson, 242...S.S. Flam beau 1862 228 , U.S.S. Rhode Island 1863 228 , Margaret and Jessie 1863 228 , U.S...
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Voyages of Discovery: The Archaeology of Islands
Book by Scott M. Fitzpatrick; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Island Ecology--Congresses, Island People--History--Congresses, Islands--History--Congresses, Prehistoric Peoples--Congresses, Social Archaeology--Congresses
...Three Dog Site, San Salvador, Bahamas. In L. B. Kass (ed...the Natural History of the Bahamas (pp. 5-13). San Salvador: Bahamas Field Station. Berman, M...Taino Subsistence: Crooked Island, Bahamas. Manuscript on file...
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journal articles on: San Salvador Island Bahamas  - 13 results

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Home Sweet Home: Junkanoo as National Discourse in the Bahamas
Journal article by Timothy Rommen; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 19, 1999
Subjects: Bahamas--Music, Music, Black--Bahamas
...sociability) in the Bahamas. In order to...happened upon the Bahamas on October 12...landfall on the island of Guanahani and...christened it San Salvador. Although the islands lacked the natural...by 1520, the Bahamas had been all but...
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The Distinction between the Antismoking and Nonsmokers' Rights Movements
Journal article by Ronald E. Shor, Marilyn B. Shor, Daniel C. Williams; Journal of Psychology, Vol. 106, 1980
Subjects: Psychology--Periodicals
...commented on the occasion in his journal entry three days later. The incident occurred on the island of San Salvador (Watling Island) in the Bahamas. The first tobacco leaves were brought to Europe in 1519 and in 1556 the first seeds were introduced...
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Critical Thinking and Columbus: Secondary Social Studies
Journal article by Sharon L. Knopp; Transformations, Vol. 8, 1997
Subjects: Culture, History, Literature, Minority & ethnic groups, Ships, Travel
...one of the islands of the Bahamas, an island that Columbus named San Salvador (another...to be the island labeled on current maps as San Salvador. Columbus...different islands (Sale, 1990...books call it San Salvador...
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Carnivals, Carnival, and Carnivalization, or How to Make a Living without Actually Working
Journal article by Daniel J. Crowley; Western Folklore, Vol. 58, 1999
Subjects: Carnivals, Culture, Festivals, Folklore, Research, Traditions
...on it-Nassau in the Bahamas, a $50 flight east...We got married on the island of Grenada, and then...Cape Verde, Canary Islands, and Goa. But now...and immense floats; Salvador da Bahia, with its...Mindelo on Sdo Vicente Island in the Cape Verde Islands...Latin summer Carnival in San Francisco. No chance...
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Currency Areas in Theory and Practice*
Journal article by Richard Pomfret; Economic Record, Vol. 81, 2005
Subjects: Global economy, Money--Evaluation
...1990 <br/ Christmas Island Australia Niger CFA...Australia Senegal CFA Islands <br/ Norfolk Island Australia Togo CFA <br/ Kiribati Australia San Marino Italy <br/ Nauru...Svalbard Norway <br/ Faroe Islands Denmark Lesotho Rand...USA <br/ Cameroon CFA Bahamas USA <br/ CAR CFA Bermuda...
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magazine articles on: San Salvador Island Bahamas  - 15 results

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The Bahamas Let the Good Times Keep Rolling
Magazine article by Clayton Goodwin; New African, June 2003
Subjects: Bahamas--Description and travel, Bahamas--History, Tropical zones--Social aspects, Tropics--Social aspects
...of over 700 islands and 2,500...past. The Bahamas are noted now...The name "Bahamas" comes from...the Guanahani island, now San Salvador, on 12 October...been on the islands for some time...century, the Bahamas had been settled...
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Bahamas Boom
Magazine article by Larry Luxner; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, May-June 2007
Subjects: Bahamas. Ministry of Tourism--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Bahamas--Economic aspects, Summer resorts--Planning, Tourism--Laws, regulations and rules, Tourism--Social aspects, Travel industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Travel industry--Social aspects
...and has given the Bahamas a per-capita income...home to most of the Bahamas 320,000 inhabitants...opening of Club Med in San Salvador and the recent announcement...440-acre Royal Island, when fully developed...and the US Virgin Islands, both US territories...visitors to the Bahamas are from the United...
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Barefoot Cruise
Magazine article by Phil Haven; PSA Journal, Vol. 66, October 2000
Subjects: Bahamas--Description and travel, Travel industry--Services
...entry into the Bahamas. The islands, or cays, comprise...over 700 of these islands; only 30 of them...foot on Wading Island (San Salvador) in 1492. The islands became a British...demanding. Since the Bahamas are an independent...
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Iguanas: Head for the Hills: These Endangered Jamaican Lizards, Once Thought Extinct from the Islands, Are Making a Comeback through Projects Aimed at Conservation and Protection
Magazine article by Jeffrey P. Cohn; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, May-June 2007
Subjects: Animal breeding--Usage, Endangered species--Statistics, Iguana--Physiological aspects, Iguana--Protection and preservation, Iguanas--Physiological aspects, Iguanas--Protection and preservation, Mongooses--Imports, Wildlife conservation--Social aspects
...British Virgin Islands run by that governments...wild on Anegada Island. Most have radio...of the small islands that make up the Bahamas chain, which...been moved from islands that still have...colleagues on San Salvador Island are also moving...
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A Worm That Turned
Magazine article by Peter Stiling; Natural History, Vol. 109, June 2000
Subjects: Cactus, Environmental management, Environmental protection, Insects, Pest control
...brought to the Caribbean island of Nevis, in the Lesser...introduced to other islands, such as Montserrat...and in 1999, Sapelo Island, Georgia. If the...direct effects. On San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, prickly pear cactus...
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newspaper articles on: San Salvador Island Bahamas  - 11 results

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Bahamas out Islands Dish Up Treasured Time Together
Newspaper article by Kathy M. Newbern, J.S. Fletcher; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 12, 2006
...and Harbour Island, the Bahamas Out Islands include The...Acklins/Crooked Island, Andros, The Berry Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, The Exumas...Mayaguana and San Salvador. Entry requirements...travelers to the Bahamas have traditionally...
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Panicked Residents in Exodus; FLORIDA BRACED FOR 140MPH WINDS ON DESTRUCTIVE PATH FROM BAHAMAS
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 15, 1999
Subjects: Florida, Hurricane Floyd, 1999
...off much of the Bahamas, toppling trees...and food. In the Bahamas, where the clear...of the populated islands. We cant get through to San Salvador or Cat Island, but we expect...taking shelter in the Bahamas are Kevin Gater...
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Ike Takes Aim at Island Chain
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 7, 2008
Subjects: News agencies, The Associated Press
...typically tranquil island chain evacuated. In the Bahamas, the government...southeastern islands and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force...the eastern islands of Mayaguana and San Salvador. Turks and...return to the island chain, which...
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Ike Takes Aim at Island Chain
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 7, 2008
Subjects: News agencies, The Associated Press
...typically tranquil island chain evacuated. In the Bahamas, the government...southeastern islands and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force...the eastern islands of Mayaguana and San Salvador. Turks and...return to the island chain, which...
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So, Could Columbus Really Have Been a Scot Called Pete?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 11, 2009
...ships - the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina - and and sighted land on October 12. He called the island - now in the Bahamas - San Salvador. Columbus died a wealthy man in 1506. Scots or Italian?: Actor Gabriel Byrne as Columbus Ancestry...
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encyclopedia articles on: San Salvador Island Bahamas  - 3 results

 
 
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San Salvador , Island, Bahamas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAN SALVADOR , island, Bahamas island of the Bahamas , West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it Guanahani, and it has also been named Watling...
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Bahamas, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and People The islands, composed mainly...many of the outer islands are uninhabited...Providence, other main islands are Grand Bahama...Eleuthera, Cat Island, San Salvador , Great and Little...language. The Bahamas have a relatively...
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Columbus, Christopher
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the existence of islands farther west...halting at the Canary Islands, he sailed due...landed on a small island (Watling Island; see San Salvador ) in the Bahamas. He took possession...discovered other islands in the neighborhood...


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