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In 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa set sail to the Pacific Ocean. He explored the ocean in a search for gold.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa's discovery was the first view of the Pacific Ocean by an explorer. This was significant because Balboa made the claim that all territories bordering the Pacific Ocean in the New World was for Spain. It also gave Europeans a better view of how large the world was.
The discovery of the Pacific Ocean was important because it became a route by which to navigate around the globe. Vasco Nunez de Balboa named the Pacific Ocean the South Sea, and used it as a way to get around the tip of South America.
The discovery of the Pacific Ocean was important because it became a route by which to navigate around the globe. Vasco Nunez de Balboa named the Pacific Ocean the South Sea, and used it as a way to get around the tip of South America.
The Pacific Ocean was Balboa's "discovery". He saw it from Panama in 1513 and was the first European to see the Pacific from the New World.
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Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1512. he was the first European to see the pacific ocean from its eastern shore
balboa found the pacific ocean
Balboa explored South America and Central America, and crossed the Isthmus of Panama. (An isthmus is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger bodies of land.) On the other side, he "discovered" the Pacific Ocean for Europeans. He and his soldiers were the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.