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Balboa, Vasco Núñez de bălbōˈə, Span. väˈskō no͞oˈnyāth dā bälbōˈä [key], c.1475–1519, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. After sailing with Bastidas in 1501, Balboa probably went to Hispaniola.
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA, 1513-1913. 519 to both requests. Two vessels were despatched laden with provisions, and Vasco Nunez received from the Audiancia of San Domingo the appoiut-ment of Alcalde Mayor or Chief Magistrate of the colony he had created. Vasco Nunez then gave his attention to the discovery of the isthmian
Created by. djbeats33. Balboa was a great Spanish explorer, he was the first person to see the Pacific Ocean. It was the man who claimed the Pacific for Spain. Balboa was a great Spanish explorer, he was the first person to see the Pacific Ocean.
Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Central America, born in Spain, 1475, either at Badajoz or at Jerez de los Caballeros; died at Darien, 1517. He went to Central America, in 1500 with Rodrigo de Bastidas and thence, in secret, with Martín Fernández de ...
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (/ ɛər ˈ n ɑː n k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ s / air-NAHN kor-TESS; Spanish: [eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe monˈroj i piˈθaro altamiˈɾano]; December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland ...
Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Spanish Explorer, Conquistador, & Adventurer. Born: 1475. Died: 1519. Balboa began his career as a sailor on a voyage to South America in Spanish navy. Instead of returning to Spain at the end of his voyage, he settled on the Island of Hispianola in 1500. He was unsuccessful as a settler, and in 1510, to escape those he ...
Finally on September 27, 1513, after ascending a hill by himself, Balboa sighted the South Sea, or the Pacific Ocean. Some days later he reached the shore of the Pacific at the Gulf of San Miguel and took possession of the South Sea and the adjacent lands for his king. He then retraced his steps and returned in January of 1514.
