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Jul 5, 2022 · Definition. Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador who famously discovered the Pacific Ocean after crossing the isthmus of Panama in 1513. An utterly ruthless adventurer and colonizer, Balboa was as much a danger to his fellow conquistadors as he was to the indigenous peoples he came across.
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In 1512 he lvas made governor of San Domingo. While governor of San Domingo Balboa learned from the Indians that there was a great sea lying to the south and west, and in September, 1513, set out from Darien to discover it. After an adventurous journey he reached, on September 25th, a mountain top from which he first saw the Pacific.
Sep 25, 2020 · Núñez de Balboa came from an impoverished Galician noble family. Like many adventurers, news of the land discovered by Columbus in 1492, with its wealth of gold, prompted him to make the journey to the New World. In 1500, as a simple sailor, he participated in the expedition of Rodrigo de Bastidas to explore the Colombian and the northern ...
In the footsteps of Balboa. 16 September 2014. The Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa (b 1475) set sail on a voyage of discovery to Latin America and, following some hair-raising adventures, set up and governed the town of Darién on the Isthmus of Panama. In 1513, he led an expedition from Darién to search for gold and a new sea ...
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.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer most well-known for being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. He was born in 1475 in Jeréz de los Caballeros, in the Castilian province of Extremadura. His family were of noble lineage but didn't have much money; as well, Balboa was the third son and so couldn't hope for much in the way ...
