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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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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politics · Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador (c. 1475–1519) · explorer · politician · conquistador · traveler · adventurer · also Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Vasco Nunez De Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, Balboa
Born 1 January 1475 · Died 12 January 1519 · Q19080
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insider.si.edu: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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2020· 1 entry
Iberdrola commissioned the Núñez de Balboa Photovoltaic Power Plant in Usagre, Badajoz, in western Spain
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2005· 1 entry
Hoy Digital: Vasco Núñez de Balboa y la Conquista del Darién
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1519· 1 entry
Died 1519-01-12.
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1475· 1 entry
Born 1475-01-01.
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