Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) 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.

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• Page 29 - Duncan, D. E., 1995, Hernando de Soto: A Savage Quest in the Americas: Crown Publishing, New York, 570p.