Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and...
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Spanish explorer and conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The balboa is subdivided into 100 centésimos. The balboa replaced the Colombian peso in 1904...
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The Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa is an order of Panama, instituted on 1 July 1941 (Ley No. 94 de 1 de julio de 1941). It is awarded for distinguished...
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is named after Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific from the Americas. Balboa is primarily residential with some...
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Australia. The term was first coined as Mar de Sur, or “South Sea,” by Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1513 and was applied to the entire area...
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informally known as "Balboa Hospital" Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475 – 1519), a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador Javier Balboa (born 1985), football...
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The Statue of Vasco Núñez de Balboa is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. Located in the Ciudad Universitaria, next to the Museum of the Americas...
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Christopher Columbus navigated near the Caribbean in 1502. In 1508, Vasco Núñez de Balboa accompanied an expedition to the territory through the region of...
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administration The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador...
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Darién—turned into Dariena in the Latin of De Orbo Novo—was a Spanish colonial town founded in 1510 by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, located in present-day Colombia approximately...
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Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador Elizabeth Nunez, United States writer Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spain...
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Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Vasco Núñez de Balboa Gonçalo Álvares John Cabot Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri Jacques Cartier Samuel de Champlain Gaspar Corte-Real...
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in the New World. He went to the Gulf of Urabá, and accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama, where they became the...
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History of Panama (section Balboa expedition)
Darién on the Americas mainland was founded in 1510. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa and Martín Fernández de Enciso agreed on the site near the mouth of the Tarena...
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Vasco may refer to: Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524), Portuguese explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519), Spanish conquistador Vasco Fernandes Coutinho...
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years later, Vasco Núñez de Balboa visited the Isthmus and established a short-lived settlement in the Darién. Vasco Núñez de Balboa's torturous trek...
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mainland America was Santa María la Antigua del Darién, founded by Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1510 and disestablished in 1524, just 14 years later. The department...
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to escape malarial mosquito populations on the mainland. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Alonso de Ojeda explored the coast of Colombia in 1500 and 1501. They...
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present-day Colombia, near the Gulf of Urabá, Spanish explorers led by Vasco Núñez de Balboa explored and conquered the area near the Atrato River. There they...
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named after the Calle de Núñez de Balboa [es], which is named for the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa. "Línea 5". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 6 September...
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park was dedicated. Balboa Park was originally dedicated in 1909 and named after the explorer and conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The City stated plans...
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islands to the mosquito populations on the mainland. Alonso de Ojeda and Vasco Núñez de Balboa explored the coast of Colombia in 1500 and 1501. They spent...
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Spanish arriving from the American coast. In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and encountered the Pacific Ocean...
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Panama, after Coiba. The first European to see Isla del Rey was Vasco Núñez de Balboa in October 1513 on his first expedition to the Pacific Ocean. He...
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thrilled by the gift of discovery, similar to Herschel. Members of Vasco Núñez de Balboa's expedition were the first Europeans to see the eastern shore of...
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established a short-lived settlement in the province of Darien. Vasco Núñez de Balboa's tortuous trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1513 demonstrated...
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Japan was reached by the Portuguese only in 1543. In 1513, Spanish Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the "other sea" from the...
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Treaty of Tordesillas) Later the Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to see and stand in the waters of the...
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discovered by Vasco Núñez de Balboa. This town is mostly famous because it was the site of the judgement and decapitation of Núñez de Balboa in 1519 at the...
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Gulf of Alaska, Mar de Grau, Tasman Sea, and the Coral Sea. In the early 16th century, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of...
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