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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 Isthmus of...
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Balboa had first sailed to the New World in 1500, and in September 1510 established the first European settlement in the mainland Americas.
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Jul 5, 2022 · 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. Balboa helped establish the town of Darién, the first permanent Spanish settlement on the American mainland.
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- Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean when he crossed the isthmus of Panama in 1513.
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa's impact on the world was that, in discovering the Pacific Ocean, he restarted the search for a western sea route to Asia. He...
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa was executed by the Spanish governor of Panama on charges of treason, but the real reason was to dispose of a dangerous rival.
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.
Aug 2, 2023 · Who Was Vasco Núñez de Balboa? Explorer and conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa helped establish the town of Darién on the Isthmus of Panama, becoming interim governor.
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.
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–January 15, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, colonial governor, and Conquistador. He is known principally for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to see and then reach the Pacific coastline of the New World.
