Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Dear US Postmaster,
Vasco Nunez Balboa was a very significant explorer that was born in 1475 and died in 1519. Balboa was born into a deprived Spanish family in Spain and sailed for Spain. He is most remembered for his expedition in 1513 to Panama from Spain hoping to make a new discovery to impress King Ferdinand, on the expedition he found the Pacific Ocean and claimed the ocean and all the land bordering it. He died in 1519 because he was charged with treason against Spain and beheaded although, he was really innocent and just framed by a friend. I think that Vasco Nunez Balboa should be part of your new series of stamps featuring famous European Explorers because I believe that Balboa deserves to be honored considering, that he was a man of his country who sailed and claimed land for his country and his important and rememberable discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Also I think that’s the least he is owed considering, that Balboa was not guilty but still found guilty for treason against Spain although, he was really innocent and framed by a friend. Even though his unfair death is not our fault I still believe that he is owed that and deserves to be honored for his discovery. I think that all explorers should get some kind of appreciation and deserve to be honored for their discoveries especially Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
Also to give you even more reason to include Balboa on your new series of stamps there was once stamps that had Vasco Nunez on them. The stamps were issued in 1513 which is the year that Balboa departed with about ninety of his troops and Indian guides from the Atlantic port city of San Blas, in what is now Panama. Taking a generally southern route in search of a "great sea" the natives had talked about, they reached the southern shore of the isthmus on September 13, claiming the "South Sea" - what is now the Pacific Ocean - and all its adjacent lands for Spain. The stamp commemorates the 400th anniversary of the year Balboa discovered the
Vasco Nunez Balboa was a very significant explorer that was born in 1475 and died in 1519. Balboa was born into a deprived Spanish family in Spain and sailed for Spain. He is most remembered for his expedition in 1513 to Panama from Spain hoping to make a new discovery to impress King Ferdinand, on the expedition he found the Pacific Ocean and claimed the ocean and all the land bordering it. He died in 1519 because he was charged with treason against Spain and beheaded although, he was really innocent and just framed by a friend. I think that Vasco Nunez Balboa should be part of your new series of stamps featuring famous European Explorers because I believe that Balboa deserves to be honored considering, that he was a man of his country who sailed and claimed land for his country and his important and rememberable discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Also I think that’s the least he is owed considering, that Balboa was not guilty but still found guilty for treason against Spain although, he was really innocent and framed by a friend. Even though his unfair death is not our fault I still believe that he is owed that and deserves to be honored for his discovery. I think that all explorers should get some kind of appreciation and deserve to be honored for their discoveries especially Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
Also to give you even more reason to include Balboa on your new series of stamps there was once stamps that had Vasco Nunez on them. The stamps were issued in 1513 which is the year that Balboa departed with about ninety of his troops and Indian guides from the Atlantic port city of San Blas, in what is now Panama. Taking a generally southern route in search of a "great sea" the natives had talked about, they reached the southern shore of the isthmus on September 13, claiming the "South Sea" - what is now the Pacific Ocean - and all its adjacent lands for Spain. The stamp commemorates the 400th anniversary of the year Balboa discovered the