Vasco Nùñez de Balboa
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
EARLY LIFE
- Born 1475 Spain
- Province of Extramadura in Castile Spain
- Occupation:Explorer
- Discovered the Pacific Ocean
- Aka Vasco Balboa or Balboa
Born in 1475 in Jerez de Los Caballeros, in the province of Extramadura in Castile, Spain, Vasco Nùñez de Balboa went to become the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
Photo by Wouter Kiel
EXPEDITION
- Spain sponsored Vasco Balboa
- Joined expedition to Columbia,South America
- Colonists died from Native people
- Searched for a new sea and precious metalsy
- He discovered the Pacific Ocean
Spain sponsored Vasco Balboa to join an expedition to Clumbia,South America.Most of the colonists had been killed by Native people.He
persuaded the colonists that remained to move to the western side of the gulf of Urab.They established the town of Darién on the isthmus of Panama,which is a small strip of land that connects Central America and South America.On 1513, Balboa led a new expedition from Darién to search for a new sea.That would belong to the south and to get the precious metal,good.He didn't find gold but he found the Pacific Ocean.
Ferdinand, the king of Spain.He didn't find the metal but he found the Pacific Ocean
persuaded the colonists that remained to move to the western side of the gulf of Urab.They established the town of Darién on the isthmus of Panama,which is a small strip of land that connects Central America and South America.On 1513, Balboa led a new expedition from Darién to search for a new sea.That would belong to the south and to get the precious metal,good.He didn't find gold but he found the Pacific Ocean.
Ferdinand, the king of Spain.He didn't find the metal but he found the Pacific Ocean
Photo by wili_hybrid
EXPLORATION ROUTES
- He hid on a ship
- He died in Acia
- Established the town of Darien
He hid on a ship heading to San Sebastion.He died in Acia when some one beheaded him.
MAIN EVENTS
- Balboa hid on a ship heading to San Sebastián
- He discovered the Pacific Ocean
- He hid away on a ship headed for the fledging colony of San Sebastián.
Photo by Jesús A Villamonte P.
DEATH
- Avias de Avila was jealous of BalboI
- He demanded Balboa to treason
- He lost the court trial
- They beheaded Balboa
Photo by Jason Pier in DC
MAIN INTERNET ADRESS
Photo by Mike Poresky
CITE
- http://www.biography.com/people/vasco-n%C3%BA%C3%B1ez-de-balboa-9196350
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/gifs/Balboamap.GIF
- Viola, Herman J. Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: United States History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Print.
- Haikudeck.com
