The Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa (ca. 1475-1519) explored Central America and discovered the Pacific Ocean. He was the first Spanish explorer to gain a permanent foothold on the American mainland. Vasco Núñez...

Vasco Núñez de Balboa Born 1475, Jerez de Los Caballeros Spain Died January 1519, Santa Maria La Antiqua del Darién, Panama Like most explorers of his time, Vasco Núñez de Balboa came to the New World in search of...

1475-1519 Spanish Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish conquistador who explored Central America, was the first to establish a permanent settlement in Central America, and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Balboa...

Unknown to the indigenous people of the New World, their destiny was being determined by political and economic forces taking place across the Atlantic Ocean in Europe. Toward the end of the fifteenth century, thousands of daring adventurers would be...

Vasco Núñez De Balboa (1475–January 15, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the settlement of Santa María la...

Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 $20.95 each www.marshallcavendish.com The third set of Benchmark's 'Great Explorations' series is out, this reaching grades 4-6 with an excellent series of biographical coverages of major explorers. Harold Faber's Samuel De...

Probablemente en ninguna parte de Europa, ni siquiera en Serbia, se vive hoy un terror tan hondo como en el País Vasco español. La única noticia que en realidad nunca es noticia, que siempre podemos comentar con la absoluta seguridad de que,...