Vasco Núñez de Balboa
✶January 1, 1475
†January 25, 1519
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✶January 1, 1475
†January 25, 1519
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, adelantado, and a pirate. He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513.
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
Biography from the article Vasco Núñez de Balboa on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.