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  2. Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Wikipedia

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    Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) [1] was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. 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 ...

  3. Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest - Wikipedia

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    In 1513, this claim was reinforced by Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean, when he claimed all lands adjoining this ocean for the Spanish Crown. Spain only started to colonize the claimed territory north of present-day Mexico in the 18th century, when it settled the northern coast of Las ...

  4. Exploration of the Pacific - Wikipedia

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    In 1513, six years before Magellan, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean. In 1517–18, two ships were built on the Pacific coast. In 1522, Pascual de Andagoya sailed the coast as far as Ecuador. In 1532, Francisco Pizarro conquered Peru. A regular trade developed that carried Peruvian ...

  5. Magellan expedition - Wikipedia

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    After the Junta de Toro conference of 1505, the Spanish Crown commissioned expeditions to discover a route to the west. Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean in 1513 after crossing the Isthmus of Panama, and Juan Díaz de Solís died in Río de la Plata in 1516 while exploring South America in the service of Spain.

  6. File:Madrid - Museo de América, Monumento a Vasco Núñez de ...

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  7. List of retired Spanish Navy ships - Wikipedia

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    Vasco Nuñes de Balboa class (2) Vasco Núñez de Balboa 1856–1875. [46] Hernán Cortés 1856–1890. [46] Isabel II class. Isabel II 1850-1882 renamed Ciudad de Cádiz in 1868. [47] Francisco de Asís, 1850, renamed Fernando el Católico in 1856, sunk, boarding by Numancia in 1873. [47] Isabel la Católica. 1850. [47]

  8. File:Balboa Voyage 1513.PNG - Wikipedia

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  9. History of Panama (to 1821) - Wikipedia

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    Rodrigo de Bastidas, sailing westward from Venezuela in 1501 in search of gold, was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama. 10 years later, Vasco Núñez de Balboa visited the Isthmus and established a short-lived settlement in the Darién.