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		Vasco Nunez de Balboa A Spanish conqueror and explorer, he was the first European to sight the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
		Balboa came from the ranks of that lower nobility whose sons--"men of good family who were not reared behind the plow," in the words of the chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés--often sought their fortunes in the Indies.
		Under pressure of Pedrarias Balboa was convicted and sentenced to death, and on January 21, 1519 Balboa was beheaded.
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	Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
		Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Central America, born in Spain, 1475, either at Badajoz or at Jerez de los Caballeros; died at Darien, 1517.
		The appointment in 1514 of Pedrarias Dávila as governor of the regions discovered and partly occupied by Balboa, and his appearance on the coast of Darien with a large armament, at once gave rise to trouble.
		Balboa was generous, careless, and over-confident in the merits of his achievements, and was no match for the intrigues that forthwith began against him.
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	Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Encyclopedia.com
		Vasco Núñez de Balboa, c.1475-1519, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean.
		Balboa was replaced by Pedro Arias de Ávila, and while preparing an expedition to Peru, he was summarily seized, accused of treason, and beheaded.
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	Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
		Nunez, who had been there before, with another adventurer guided Enciso to a village on the bank of a river which the natives called Darien, and there the seat of government was established, after expelling the natives.
		Nunez now called all of his followers to witness the fact that he took possession of that sea, with all its coasts and islands, in the name of the sovereigns of Spain; and the notary drew up a testimonial to that effect, which the leader and his sixty-seven warriors signed.
		Vasco Nunez de Balboa, falsely accused of traitorous intentions by his jealous rival and successor, Davila, was beheaded at Acla, in Central America, by order of that officer, in 1517, when he was in the forty-second year of his age.
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	Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
		His father, though perhaps a nobleman, was not wealthy or influential, so young Vasco had to work in the household of a rich nobleman in the port city of Moguer, which was on the Atlantic coast of southwest Spain.
		Balboa tried to join the expedition, but because he was deeply in debt, the men to whom he owed money prevented him from leaving.
		Balboa suggested they move to the Western side of the Gulf because the Indians were more peaceful there, and so the Spaniards established the city of Darién.
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	Balboa
		Balboa came from the ranks of that lower nobility whose sons--"men of good family who were not reared behind the plow," in the words of the chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés--often sought their fortunes in the Indies.
		On the advice of Balboa the settlers moved across the Gulf of Urabá to Darién, on the less hostile coast of the Isthmus of Panama, where they founded the town ofSanta Maria de la Antigua, the first stable settlement on the continent, and began to acquire gold by barter or war with the local Indians.
		Balboa hastened to send emissaries to Spain to request reinforcements; the news they brought created much excitement, and a large expedition was promptly organized.
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	Vasco Nunez de Balboa - MSN Encarta
		Balboa sailed to Venezuela in 1501 with an expedition led by Rodrigo de Bastidas.
		Deep in debt and anxious to escape his creditors, Balboa fled to the settlement of San Sebastián on the coast of Colombia.
		In 1513 Balboa was accused of treason by his enemies in Spain, who turned the king against him.
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		Balboa had the sense of orientation in strange terrain that marks the explorer, and this was his first and well-remembered lesson in its topography.
		Balboa wrote the King in January, 1513: "The manner in which this river must be navigated is by canoes of the Indians, for there are many small and narrow arms, some closed by trees, and one cannot enter except in canoes three or four palms wide.
		Balboa went on with a party, passed south through the land of the cacique Porque and its bohios, and at ten o’clock on the morning of the 25th, according to Oviedo, climbed the bare ridge from which he had the first view of the South Sea.
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	VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA - LoveToKnow Article on VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Enciso set sail in 1510, and Balboa, whose debts made the town unpleasant to him, managed to accompany him by concealing himself, it is said, in a cask of victuals for the voyage, which was conveyed from his farm to the ship.
		On the 29th of September Balboa himself arrived upon the shore, and formally took possession of the Great South Sea in the name of the Spanish monarch.
		With these Vasco Nunez now took possession of the Pearl Islands, and, had it not been for the weather, would have reached the coast of Peru.
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	Vasco Nunez de Balboa
		On Sept. 1, 1513 Balboa set out on his quest to discover this great sea, taking with him 190 Spaniards (one of whom was Francisco Pizarro, who was to later conquer the Inca Empire in Peru), a pack of dogs and 1,000 Indian slaves.
		Clad in full armor, Balboa waded into the water and claimed the sea and all the shores on which it washed for his God and his king.
		Balboa was arrested and executed in "Acla" (an old Spanish settlement on the north coast of Panama, almost to the Colombian border).
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	Vasco nunez de balboa - Vasco Nunez De Balboa Colony Darien San South Ocean Sea
		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in 1475 in Caballeros, Spain.
		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in the town of Jerez de los Caballeros in the Spanish province Extremadura.
		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a poor uneducated man born in 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros in Estremadura.
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	Balboa
		Balboa was born 1475 in Spain, as Jerez de los Caballeros.
		Balboa, as head of the settlers, chased off the Governer and petitioned Spain to be appointed Governor, without success.
		Balboa led an overland expedition in 1513, with 190 Spainiards and 800 Indians, to the shores of the Pacific, where he claimed it as the property of Spain.
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	Balboa Reaches Pacific: 1513
		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a poor uneducated man born in 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros in Estremadura.
		Balboa was welcomed by the settlers as a common soldier.
		The king appointed Balboa interim governor in 1511, and in 1513 he was appointed supreme commander of the colony.
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	Vasco Nunez de Balboa Biography / Biography of Vasco Nunez de Balboa Main Biography
		Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born at Jerez de los Caballeros in the province of Estremadura.
		Balboa then marched down to the coast of the Gulf of San Miguel, waded into the water, and claimed the "South Sea" and all its adjacent territories for Spain.
		Balboa was accused of plotting treason and condemned, and in January 1519 he was beheaded.
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	Vasco Nunez de Balboa biography
		With him was Vasco Nunez de Balboa, an adventurer whose debts made him fly the town, and who managed to smuggle himself on board the ship in what purported to be a cask of provisions.
		Enciso had carried his complaints to the foot of the throne, and Balboa was commanded to repair his losses, to proceed immediately to court, and submit himself to the king's pleasure.
		The attempt of Balboa may justly be considered the boldest which had been made by the Spaniards in the New World; but he was in all respects fitted to insure its success.
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		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a remarkable man, who rose from poor beginnings in the town of Jerez de los Caballeros, Estremadura, Castile, where he was born in about 1475, to become a for-a-time successful leader of an entrada to Darien in Central America and the first caudillo (strong man) in the New World.
		Balboa may have intended to sail on the brigantines to wealthy lands with beasts of burden (llamas) that the Indian chief Tumaco had told him were to the south.
		Balboa's use of Indians, some of whom he seized on the way, for the work of portage over hills and mountains, lakes and streams, led to an inflated accusation that he was responsible for the death of between 500 (Oviedo) and 2,000 natives (Las Casas).
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	Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
		Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, European discoverer of the Pacific Ocean and a leading figure among the Spanish explorers and conquerors of America, was born at Jerez de los Caballeros, in Estremadura, about 1475.
		Enciso set sail in 1510, and Balboa, whose debts made the town unpleasant to him, managed to accompany him by concealing himself, it is said, in a cask of "victuals for the voyage", which was conveyed from his farm to the ship.
		Maria de la Antigua del Darien; but quarrels soon broke out among the adventurers, and Enciso was deposed, thrown into prison and finally sent off to Spain with Balboa's ally, the alcalde Zamudio.
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	Balboa
		Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born at Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain.
		Bastidas and Balboa were able to trade their European goods for a large quantity of pearls and gold.
		On the morning of September 25, 1513, Balboa climbed a peak and became the first European to look out on what would become the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean (it was named by Ferdinand Magellan during his expedition around the world several years later).
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	Vasco Núñez de Balboa
		In the meanwhile Balboa explored the country, gained the good will of the natives by his treatment of them, and was told of a sea that lay southward, and of a land where gold abounded (Peru).
		Balboa named it "Mar del Sur," and took possession of it and all its coasts in the name of his royal master and mistress.
		Pedrarias was enraged at this, enticed Balboa within his grasp, and secured his conviction on a charge of treason, together with charges on which he had previously been acquitted.
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	Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
		Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513), crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
		Balboa (accompanied by his dog) was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in September 1513, from a peak in Darién, Panama).
		Balboa and his men (including Francisco Pizarro) then traveled to the ocean and claimed it and all the land that touched it for Spain.
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		Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513), crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
		Balboa sailed to Hispaniola in 1501 on an expedition under Rodrigo de Bastidas and Juan de la Cosa.
		Spanish discoverer, born in Xeres de los Caballeros, Extremadura, Spain, in 1475; died in Castilla de Ore, Darien, in 1517.
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		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain.
		Balboa was not allowed to go, because he had many debts.
		Balboa suggested that they move the colony to the western side of the gulf.
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		Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore.
		In 1502 Balboa sailed from Spain to Hispaniola, the island of present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
		Balboa founded the town of Darién and traded with Native Americans in the area.
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		Balboa sailed to Hispaniola in 1501 on an expedition under Rodrigo de Bastidas and Juan de la Cosa.
		Balboa made the colonists reject both Enciso's authority and that of Diego de Nicuesa, who was sent to Darién as governor after Enciso had sought redress with King Ferdinand.
		While Balboa was away, Pedro Arias de Ávila (generally known as Pedrarias) had been sent to Darién as a governor.
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		Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in the town of Jerez de los Caballeros in the Spanish province Extremadura.
		Balboa convinced them to move to a safer place he had seen on his earlier expedition.
		Balboa and Enciso had been fighting so much that Balboa arrested him and sent him back to Spain in a gross leaky boat.
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		Balboa (accompanied by his dog) was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in September 1513, from a peak in Darién, Panama).
		Balboa was charged with treason against Spain (although he was innocent and had been framed by a friend, Arias de Avila).
		Balboa was found guilty and was publicly beheaded in Acla in January, 1519.
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	Vasco Núñez de Balboa Biography - Biography.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Balboa became the interim governor of the settlement.
		In 1513, Balboa led an expedition from Darién to search for a new sea reportedly to the south and for gold.
		The news of the discovery arrived after the king had sent Pedro Arias de Ávila to serve as the new governor of Darién.
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	Vasco Nunez de Balboa -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Founded in 1914 and named for Vasco Núñez de Balboa, European discoverer of the Pacific, it has extensive harbour installations, drydocks, marine and railroad repair shops, warehouses, and a coaling...
		Rodrigo de Bastidas was first to establish Spain's claim to the isthmus, sailing along the Darién coast in March 1501, but he made no settlement.
		The first Europeans to explore the region were Rodrigo de Bastidas, Juan de la Cosa, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa, who arrived in 1501 and set about exploring...
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	Balboa, Vasco Nunez de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		After reaching Darién, Balboa took command, deposed the incompetent Enciso, and sent him to Spain as a prisoner.
		Balboa showed only rarely the rapacity and cruelty characteristic of the conquistador.
		Balboa was replaced by Pedro Arias de Ávila, and while preparing an expedition to Peru, he was summarily seized, accused of treason, and beheaded.
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		In 1513, Balboa led an expedition to the west, and on September 25 or 27 he sighted the Pacific Ocean, which he named the South Sea.
		King Ferdinand II of Aragon appointed Pedrarias Davila as governor of Darien and named Balboa to serve under Pedrarias as governor of an area on the Pacific coast, where Balboa founded the settlement of Acla.
		In January 1519, Pedrarias had Balboa beheaded in Acla on false charges of treason.
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