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5 days ago · No one knows exactly where the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa first sighted the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps it was from Balboa Heights, the residential area overlooking the town of Balboa that serves as the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
1 day ago · In the early 16th century, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and sighted the great "Southern Sea" which he named Mar del Sur (in Spanish). Afterwards, the ocean's current name was coined by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish circumnavigation of the world in 1521, as he ...
4 days ago · It was during this expedition that on 11 February Drake and his lieutenant John Oxenham climbed a high tree in the central mountains of the Isthmus of Panama and thus became the first Englishmen to see the Pacific Ocean, mirroring the achievement of the Spaniard Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1513.
3 days ago · Answer: Vasco Núñez de Balboa Balboa, influenced by the voyages of Columbus, joined an expedition to South America led by Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1500. Afterwards he stayed on in Hispaniola, hoping to make a living as a farmer, but found himself in debt after several years.
3 days ago · After this he won Mister Venezuela 2017 and then was designated to participate in Mister Global 2018 where he finished as Top 10. Jorge Eduardo Núñez – Núñez initially won Mister Venezuela 2019 and then placed Top 29 in Mister World 2019.
4 days ago · Este fin de semana la salsa se apoderó de Panamá y trajo visitantes que se destacan tirando sus mejores pasos. Vinieron a representar a Colombia, Italia, México, Venezuela, Estados Unidos y muchos otros países en la edición 13 del denominado ‘Panama Salsa Congress 2024’.
3 days ago · Antes de las actuaciones, Toni Pérez tomó la palabra para agradecer la gran asistencia de público que alcanzó las 1.600 personas y el centenar largo de artistas presentes. El alcalde se ...
