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In 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. He saw it from the mountains of Darien, in what is now Panama . This event is evoked in Keat's great sonnet 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer' , though Keats mistakenly makes Cortes the leader of the expedition.
“To be thy follower,” he replied Three hundred years ago. He wore a manly form and face, A courage firm and bold, His words fell on his comrades' hearts. Like precious drops of gold. They saw not his ambitious soul; He spoke it not—for lo! He stood among the common ranks Three hundred years ago. But when Fernandez' vessel lay At golden ...
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer. " On First Looking into Chapman's Homer " is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet John Keats (1795–1821) in October 1816. It tells of the author's astonishment while he was reading the works of the ancient Greek poet Homer as translated by the Elizabethan playwright George Chapman.
Balboa, the Entertainer. By Amiri Baraka. JSTOR and the Poetry Foundation are collaborating to digitize, preserve, and extend access to Poetry. Source: Poetry (April 1962) Browse all issues back to 1912.
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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Following in the Footsteps of Balboa. The first European to glimpse the Pacific from the Americas crossed Panama on foot 500 years ago. Our intrepid author retraces his journey.
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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.
