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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador (c. –)
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈbaskoˈnuɲeθðeβalˈβo.a]; c.
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&#;&#; around January 12–21, )[1] was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in ,[2] becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.[3]
He traveled to the New World in and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola.
He founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua del Darién in present-day Colombia in , which was the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas (a settlement by Alonso de Ojeda the previous year at San Sebastián de Urabá had already been abandoned).
Early life
Balboa was born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. He was a descendant of the Lord mason of the castle of Balboa, on the borders o