Vasco Nunez de Balboa was known for finding the Pacific Ocean in the 1500's. He was born in Spain 1475. He found the Pacific Ocean of a mountain top on 1513 which is also present day Panama. He lead different expositions to Panama.
After he found the Pacific Ocean a couple years later he got his head cut of.

The wind blew them off track when they where heading to Darién.

He wanted to get to Darién a part of South America. Because a native told him there was gold but instead the wind blew him off track and found the Pacific Ocean