Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
The explorer's name was Vasco Núñez de Balboa. He was the first person to reach and see the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Many believe he was the one who named it, but he did not. It was an explorer after him in 1520, named Ferdinand Magellan.
Columbis
David Thompson was a British explorer who explored western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
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Francis Drake was a 16th century British explorer who explored the Caribbean and the pacific coast of North America.
The explorer who claimed the South Sea (Pacific Ocean) for Spain was Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1513. He was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa explored the Isthmus of Panama and is credited with the European discovery of the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Balboa's expedition led to the first European sighting of the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.