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.

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Occupation: explorer, politician, conquistador, traveler
Citizenship: Spain
Born: 1475
Died: January 12, 1519, January 15, 1519, 1517

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Anonymous (Spain) after a 18th-century engraving via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador

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