Where did Columbus first land in the new world?

After leaving Spain in hopes of finding a new trade route
for his financiers, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, the explorer
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) eventually landed in what
would later be recognized as North America after a five-week voyage. Leaving Spain on
August 3, 1492, Columbus' three ships first made repairs in the Canary Islands before
sailing to the southwest a month later. Expecting to reach an unexplored area of Asia,
he instead landed on the island of Guanahani (which Columbus renamed San Salvador in
what is now The Bahamas) on October 12. The true locale of Columbus' landing is still up
for debate: More than likely, his landing site was on present-day Samana Cay, Plana Cays
or the later named San Salvador Island. It is said that Columbus never accepted that he
had discovered a new continent; it is suggested that he maintained throughout his life
that the islands were part of Asia.