Talk:San Salvador Island
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Since an edition of National Geographic Magazine in 1986 dealt with the subject of Columbus landfall it is not widely believed any more that 'this' San Salvador (aka Watlings Island) is the site of Columbus first landfall.
Modern Scholars tend to appoint Samana Cay (National Geographic's suggestion) or Plana Cays as Columbus first landfall site.
info on Plana Cays theory: http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/clues.htm
Just returned from a research stint at the GRC on San Salvador. A point that both the administrators and the locals made was that Watling was NOT a buccaneer, but rather a homesteader; evidently the Bahamian ministry of tourism made all that Dread Pirate Watling junk up in the 70s and 80s to stir up tourism. Therefore removing the word 'buccaneer' from this article.--Sky 04:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
