Vasco Núñez De Balboa Reaches the Pacific Ocean
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Unknown to the indigenous people of the New World, their destiny was being determined by political and economic forces taking place a...
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Vasco Núñez De Balboa
1475-1519
Spanish Conquistador
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish conquistador who explored Central America, was the first to establish a permanent settlemen...
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Born 1475, Jerez de Los Caballeros Spain Died January 1519, Santa Maria La Antiqua del Darién, Panama
Like most explorers of his time, Vasco Nú&ntil...
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The Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa (ca. 1475-1519) explored Central America and discovered the Pacific Ocean. He was the first Spanish explorer to gain a permanent foothold o...
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Vasco Núñez De Balboa Reaches the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa