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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 ...
Dec 18, 2009 · 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...
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Dec 31, 2010 · The work details the life and adventures of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, one of the early explorers of the Americas, focusing on his exploration of the Isthmus of Panama and his significant discoveries, including the Pacific Ocean.
- Angel de Altolaguirre y Duvale, Real Academia de la Historia
- English
- 2007
- E011: History: America: America
Sep 19, 2024 · Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador and explorer, who was head of the first stable settlement on the South American continent (1511) and who was the first European to sight the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean (on September 25 [or 27], 1513, from ‘a peak in Darien’ on the Isthmus of Panama.
Dec 31, 2010 · This man was Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, who enlisted under Bastidas at Seville, and accompanied him throughout the voyage, with its consequent disasters. He was then an obscure individual, known only as a dependant of Don Pedro Puertocarrero, the mighty lord of Moguer.
Jul 5, 2022 · Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador who famously discovered the Pacific Ocean after crossing the isthmus of Panama in 1513. An utterly ruthless adventurer and colonizer, Balboa was as much a danger to his fellow conquistadors as he was to the indigenous peoples he came across.
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Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 425131683. A biography stressing the honesty and integrity of the Spanish explorer whose explorations of the northern coast of South America led him to discover the Pacific Ocean. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate.
