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1500 Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed with Rodrigo de Bastidas from Spain to explore Colombia, South America 1500 Balboa settled on the island of Hispaniola hoping to make a living as a farmer 1510 Vasco Nunez de Balboa, and his dog Leoncico, stowed away on a boat going from Santo Domingo to San Sebastian in Columbia after his attempts at farming ...
May 31, 2012 · Vasco Nunez de Balboa (c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish Conquistador and governor. He is known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean on a mission to try and find a spice trade route to Asia. Balboa also accomplished founding the first permanent settlement on the mainland of the New World.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa nació hacia 1475 en la población de Jerez de los Caballeros, cerca de Badajoz, perteneciente a la Orden de Santiago. 2 . El apellido Balboa proviene del castillo de Balboa, cerca de Villafranca del Bierzo, en la actual provincia de León (España). Se cree que su padre fue el hidalgo Álvaro Núñez (o Martínez) de ...
Aug 2, 2023 · In 1513, Francisco Pizarro joined Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his march to the "South Sea," during which Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean. In 1532, Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru. In ...
In 1510 he enrolled in an expedition of exploration in the New World, and three years later he joined Vasco Núñez de Balboa on the expedition that discovered the Pacific. He made two voyages of discovery down the Colombian coast (1524–25, 1526–28) and continued his explorations southward, naming the new territory Peru.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1476 – 1519. január 15.) spanyol konkvisztádor, a Panama-földszoros (Castilla del Oro) és a Csendes-óceán (Mar del Sur) felfedezője. Életrajza. A galiciai származású hidalgo, feltehetően Nuño Arias de Balboa és egy badajozi dáma fia, 1501-ben érkezett Hispaniola szigetére Rodrigo de Bastidas és Juan de la Cosa társaságában.
He became friends with the colony’s new leader – and soon to be famous explorer – Vasco de Nuñez de Balboa. In 1513, Pizarro was Balboa’s second in command during their trek westward across Panama to discover the South Sea. Balboa, Pizarro, and their men were the first Europeans to see the South Sea, today called the Pacific Ocean.
