Vasco Nunez De Balboa Monologue Hello kids‚ my name is Vasco Nunez De Balboa. Most of you should know a little about me because you studied about me but any way I am here to give you more information about me and my explorations. So everyone fasten your seatbelts!! We are going back to the world in the 1400’s. I was born in 1457‚ Jerez de los Caballeros‚ Mexico. I am a Spanish explorer. As a young boy I had two dreams: to become a famous explorer and to be an Olympic fencing champion. My
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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
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Dialogue Narrator: Vasco de Nunez Balboa was part of a poor family which live in the province of Badajoz Province in Spain’s South west coast. He was born in 1475 Balbo’s father was a poor nobleman. He served the Lord of Moguer. When he served Lord of Moguer he received all types of training for example Arms training‚ Hunting‚Etc. Balbo owed his creditors from Hispaniola a great deal of money‚ so he hid in a flour barrel on a boat heading to Darien (which is now Panama) with his dog( Leonico) hoping
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Ferdinand Magellan shows that the 16th century is part of the exploration of the unknown because both of these explorers discovered invaluable information about previously unknown areas. Balboa was a conquistador and explorer hailing from Spain. He crossed the isthmus into the Pacific Ocean‚ and he was the first european to reach the Pacific Ocean from America. In 1509‚ to escape Santa Domingo‚ Balboa was a stowaway with his dog aboard Martin Fernandez de Enciso and Alonso
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa There were many Spanish explorers in the 16th century‚ but which of those explorers was the first to see the Pacific Ocean? This explorer was Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Because of Balboa’s courage and stamina he was the first European to spy the Mar Del Sur or “Southern Sea.” Balboa also helped establish the town of Darien on the Isthmus of Panama. “Vasco Nunez de Balboa had married the indian chief Chima’s daughter‚ who he had met on his second voyage”. In 1500‚ after
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Spain‚ in 1475 and passed away on June 26‚ 1541. He was a conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire and founded the city of Lima‚ Peru. This is why he was best known as the Spaniard who conquered the Incas. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) who as colonel of infantry. His mother was Francisca González Mateos‚ a poor woman from Trujillo. His parents never got married; he was brought up by his mothers parents Pizarro never went to school so he didn’t learn to read‚ but he
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continents named after him. Vasco de Balboa - 1513 Discovers the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Hernando Cortez - 1521 Defeats Aztec Empire. Francisco Pizarro - 1533 Defeats Inca Empire. Hernando De Soto - 1539 Explores the southeastern US. Francisco de Coronado - 1540 Discovers the Grand Canyon Christopher Columbus - 1492 Sails to the New World. Amerigo Vespucci - 1502 American continents named after him. Vasco de Balboa - 1513 Discovers the eastern
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Portguese exploration during his lifetime. After this death exploration was directed by a private "contractor" named Fernao Gomes. Bartholomew Dias reached the Cape of Good Hope at the south end of Africa in 1487 and returned to Portugal with the news. Vasco da Gama reached the Swahili Coast of East Africa on his way to India. He returned to Portugal with spices from India. In 1494‚ the Spanish and the Portuguese signed a treaty to divide the world in two. The dividing line ran through the Atlantic with
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many famous people who speak Spanish. Some famous people are Elena Anaya‚ Pablo Picasso‚ Vasco Núñez de Balboa‚ Isabel Coixet‚ and many more. Many weren’t recognized until they died. Some of them were heroes of music‚ engineering‚ and more! Rubén Blades is a famous Spanish singer and politician. Rubén Blades was born in July 16‚ 1948 in Panama City‚ Panama. He was the son of Rubén Blades Sr. and Anoland Bellido de Luna He is presently 64. He grew up in neighborhood in Panama City. His parents were
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Before the canal was created it was part of a lush and dense rainforest that was full of different species of plants and animals. Around the 16th century a plan was devised to make a passage along the Isthmus of Panama back around 1513 by Vasco Nunez de Balboa when he discovered a narrow strip of land that could connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. As a result of these findings plans were made up to see if construction of such a channel would be possible‚ but as time passed nothing came out of
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