October 12, 1492
Finally, after days, Christopher and his crew have spotted land. He had named it San Salvador. In addition, he believes that Japan is only a short distance to the west.
P/S:Columbus landed in the Bahamas south of Florida. He believed that he was on islands off the coast of Japan.
There are strange looking people there, very different from his men as well as himself. They wear little clothing and they are of a different colours. Christopher and his crew's giant ships with enormous white sails had amazed them. Those Indians were not what Christopher have expected, and there are no cities of gold like Marco Polo described. P/S: Columbus had actually met members of the Taino tribe, but he believed he was in the Indies. This is why he called them Indians.
He noticed that several of them were wearing gold. They tell him that islands to the north and south were where the gold will be found, so Christopher ordered his men to set sail for the gold.