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Vasco Núñez de Balboa is credited with the European discovery of the Pacific Ocean in 1513. He became the first European to sight the ocean from the New World after crossing the Isthmus of Panama. While he did not "discover" the ocean in the sense of being the first to see it (indigenous peoples had lived near it for centuries), his expedition marked a significant moment in European exploration. Balboa's discovery opened the way for further exploration and eventual conquest of the Pacific region.

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