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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for leading an expedition across the narrow isthmus of Panama, and reaching the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first European to see this large body of water.
Jul 7, 2017 · (Spanish Explorer) Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa was one of the most important and influential explorers in the 16th century who became a governor under the King of Spain and was also a conquistador who went on to discover new lands that had remained unexplored in spite of the numerous voyages that had been conducted before his time.
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May 5, 2023 · Life and letters of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, including the conquest and settlement of Darien and Panama, the odyssey of the discovery of the South sea, a description of the splendid armada to Castilla del Oro, and the execution of the adelantado at Acla; a history of the first years of the introduction of Christian civilization on the continent of America
Vasco Núñez de Balboa ( b. ca. 1475; d. January 1519), a Spanish conquistador from Jerez de los Caballeros in Estremadura, and the first known European to see the Pacific Ocean. A poor, illiterate hidalgo, he sailed for the New World in 1501 with the expedition of Rodrigo de Bastidas, exploring the northern coast of modern Colombia.
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
views 1,533,462 updated. Vasco Núñez de Balboa Reaches the Pacific Ocean. Overview. Unknown to the indigenous people of the New World, their destiny was being determined by political and economic forces taking place across the Atlantic Ocean in Europe.
Dec 31, 2010 · While Vasco Nuñez de Balboa may be reckoned among the greatest of the minor explorers, yet less has been written of him, perhaps, than of any other in his class except Juan Ponce de Leon. Both names are familiar to every student of history, both are well known even to the casual reader; but both have been strangely neglected by the biographer.
