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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

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Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador

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According to Wikipedia, Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.

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