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Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa? His early life, major contributions to
explorations and history in general.
Name: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Birth/Death: 1475 CE - 1514 CE
Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa is credited as being the first European to set eyes on
the Pacific Ocean from the New World, which paved the way for Spanish
expansion.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475 around January 1221, 1519)[1] was
a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having
crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the
first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from
the New World.
He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on
the island of Hispaniola. He founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua
del Darién in present-day Panama in 1510, which was the first
permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas (a
settlement by Alonso de Ojeda the previous year at San Sebastián de
Urabá had already been abandoned).
Early life
Balboa was Born in 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros, in the province of
Extremadura in Castile, Spain. He was a descendant of the Lord mason of the
castle of Balboa, which is located in northwestern Spain. His mother was the
Lady de Badajoz, and his father was the hidalgo (nobleman), Nuño Arias de
Balboa. Little is known of Vasco's early childhood except that he was the third
of four boys in his family. During his adolescence, he served as
a page and squire to Don Pedro de Portocarrero, lord of Moguer.
Major Contributions to exploration and History

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Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa? His early life, major contributions to explorations and history in general. Name: Vasco Núñez de Balboa Birth/Death: 1475 CE - 1514 CE Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa is credited as being the first European to set eyes on the Pacific Ocean from the New World, which paved the way for Spanish expansion. Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519)[1] was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European ...
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