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    Vasco Nunez De Balboa was a Spanish explorer who in 1513 became the first European to sight the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean from a mountain top in present-day Panama. He led an expedition of 190 Spanish followers through difficult terrain and upon reaching the ocean, waded into the waters and claimed the Pacific Ocean and all its shores for Spain, hoping to please the King of Spain with his discovery. Balboa contributed to history by becoming the first to discover the vast Pacific Ocean.

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    Vasco Nunez De Balboa was a Spanish explorer who in 1513 became the first European to sight the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean from a mountain top in present-day Panama. He led an expedition of 190 Spanish followers through difficult terrain and upon reaching the ocean, waded into the waters and claimed the Pacific Ocean and all its shores for Spain, hoping to please the King of Spain with his discovery. Balboa contributed to history by becoming the first to discover the vast Pacific Ocean.

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    Vasco Nunez De Balboa was a Spanish explorer who in 1513 became the first European to sight the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean from a mountain top in present-day Panama. He led an expedition of 190 Spanish followers through difficult terrain and upon reaching the ocean, waded into the waters and claimed the Pacific Ocean and all its shores for Spain, hoping to please the King of Spain with his discovery. Balboa contributed to history by becoming the first to discover the vast Pacific Ocean.

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    Vasco Nunez De Balboa

    Vasco Nunez De Balboa was a man born on 1457 he was a Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez De Balboa was European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. He sighted the ocean in 1513 from a mountaintop in what is now Panama. Upon reaching the shore, Balboa waded into the ocean and claimed it and all its shores for Spain. Hoping to please King Ferdinand of Spain with an exciting discovery in early September 1513 Balboa left an expedition from Darien. The Panama Canal was temporarily closed due to a strike by native workers so Balboa and his 190 Spanish followers were forced to take the difficult land route. After a three week journey during which expedition lost all radio contact with their home base Balboa found the great sea he was longed to see the: Pacific Ocean He contribute to history by discovering the Pacific Ocean with his 190 followers. Also he was special because he was the first one to discover the Pacific Ocean.

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