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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for crossing 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.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Image: Firma de Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Image: Firma de Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Balboa setting his dogs upon native practitioners of homosexuality (1594); engraving from the New York Public Library. The rendering was by the Flemis
Balboa setting his dogs upon native practitioners of homosexuality (1594); engraving from the New York Public Library. The rendering was by the Flemish Protestant artist Theodor de Bry.
The discovery of the Pacific by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Panama – 9/25/1513, painting by Matthias Laurenz Gräff (2009/10)
The discovery of the Pacific by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Panama – 9/25/1513, painting by Matthias Laurenz Gräff (2009/10)
Isthmus of Panama
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The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal. Like many isthmuses, it is a location of great geopolitical and strategic importance.
An 1850 oil painting by Charles Christian Nahl: The Isthmus of Panama on the Height of the Chagres River
An 1850 oil painting by Charles Christian Nahl: The Isthmus of Panama on the Height of the Chagres River
Francis Samuel Marryat, Crossing The Isthmus Of Panama, 1855
Francis Samuel Marryat, Crossing The Isthmus Of Panama, 1855