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Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Wikipedia He is best known for crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, [2] becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World [3] He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola
Balboa, Panama - Wikipedia Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal It was the capital of the Panama Canal Zone under American administration
Vasco Núñez de Balboa - World History Encyclopedia Balboa helped establish the town of Darién, the first permanent Spanish settlement on the American mainland Extracting gold from Panama and instituting slavery and forced labour to work on plantations, Balboa was ultimately outwitted by a Spanish rival who had him tried and executed for treason
Vasco Nunez de Balboa | Accomplishments, Route, Facts | Britannica The colonists soon deposed Enciso, Ojeda’s second in command, and elected a town council; one of its two alcaldes, or magistrates, was Balboa With the subsequent departure of Enciso for Hispaniola, Balboa became the undisputed head of the colony
Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Biography, Explorer, Conquistador, Facts Born in 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros, in the province of Extremadura in Castile, Spain, Balboa went on to become the first European to see the Pacific Ocean At a time when many people in
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa: Facts Discoveries - HISTORY The 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa helped establish the first stable settlement on the South American continent at Darién, on the coast of the Isthmus of
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Famous People in the World Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa was one of the most important and influential explorers in the 16th century This biography of Balboa profiles his childhood, life, expeditions, achievements and timeline