Vasco Balboa Nunez de 14751519

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Vasco Balboa Nunez de (1475-1519)

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• Grade5

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• Born in 1475
• Died in 1519(44 years)
• He is Spanish
• Sailed for America in 1500
• He settled in Santo Domingo
• He stowed away on a ship to escape his debt
• Landed in San Sebastian on the Mainland of South
  America
• Married the daughter of Careta the local Indian
  Chief

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• Searched for pearls and gold
• Sailed with Rodrigo de Bastidas
• Crossed the Isthmus of Panama
• Found the Pacific Ocean on September13,1513
• He was beheaded because he was found guilty
  (which he wasnt) of stealing gold from the
  Natives