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18. Juni 2024 · The Spanish explorer Vasco Nuñez de Balboa sighted the Pacific Ocean in 1513 from a mountain in Panama and, since he had crossed the Isthmus from north to south, called it the South Sea. Seven years later, when the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailed into the ocean, he found it calm and called it the Pacific Ocean. That is ...
26. Juni 2024 · Sie leisten Erstaunliches, reale wie Leoncico, wohl der wahre Erstentdecker des „otro mar“ beziehungsweise der Südsee, der seinem Herrn Vasco Núñez de Balboa vorangeeilt war, ob...
Vor 6 Tagen · Spanish interest in the west coast of South America grew after Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513, but it was not until 1524 that Francisco Pizarro, aided by another soldier, Diego de Almagro, and a priest, Hernando de Luque, undertook explorations that led to the conquest of Peru. By 1527 they were ...
26. Juni 2024 · Vasco Núñez de Balboa and spanish conquistadors claiming the Pacific Ocean for Spain in 1513. After first landing on "Guanahani" in the Bahamas, Columbus found the island which he called "Isla Juana", later named Cuba.
22. Juni 2024 · Three years later, acting as captain, he participated in an expedition led by the explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa that was credited with the European discovery of the Pacific. From 1519 to 1523 he was mayor and magistrate of the newly founded town of Panamá , accumulating a small fortune.
- Francisco Pizarro was the illegitimate son of Capt. Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca González. He lived with his grandparents, and, according to legen...
- In 1523 Francisco Pizarro embarked upon the adventure that was to lead to his lasting fame—the exploration of South America’s west coast. Over the...
- In 1531 Francisco Pizarro’s expedition of 180 men and 37 horses sailed to the Inca empire in Peru. A Spanish priest met with the Inca emperor Atahu...
- Francisco Pizarro once formed a pact with Diego de Almagro to share in the spoils of their expeditions. After Cuzco fell, Pizarro and Almagro becam...
Vor 2 Tagen · Las cosas no le podían haber ido peor a Vasco Núñez de Balboa, un joven hidalgo de Jerez de los Caballeros. Se enroló en la expedición de Rodrigo de Bastidas, que partió de Cádiz en 1501 y recorrió por primera vez las costas caribeñas de las actuales Colombia y Panamá. La pequeña flota quedó inservible al tocar el oeste de la isla La Española, y los expedicionarios tuvieron que ...
21. Juni 2024 · Remnants of these expeditions—under the leadership of a stowaway, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, who had earlier been with Bastidas—survived at Santa María la Antigua del Darién, on the Gulf of Urubá near the present-day Colombia-Panama border.
