What is Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
[[File:Balboa südsee.jpg |thumb|right|150px|{{Center|Vasco Núñez de Balboa claims the South Sea. [[19th century]] [[engraving]] by unknown [[artist]]}}]] '''Vasco Núñez de Balboa''' (1475–1519) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[explorer]] and [[conquistador]].<ref name=BalboaBIO>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/vasco-n%C3%BA%C3%B1ez-de-balboa-9196350 |title=Vasco Núñez de Balboa Biography |website=Bio |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref> He was the first [[Europe]]an to see the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name=BalboaBIO/> Balboa was one of those who established the settlement at [[Santa María la Antigua del Darién|Darién]] in what is now [[Panama]].<ref name=BalboaHIST>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-nunez-de-balboa |title=Vasco Núñez de Balboa |website=History |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref> He was elected [[mayor]], then [[governor]].<ref name=BalboaBV>{{cite web |url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/b/balboa.htm |title=Vasco Núñez de Balboa |publisher=Biografías y Vidas |access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref> In 1513, he claimed the Pacific Ocean and all of its shores for Spain.<ref name=BalboaHIST/> He was searching for [[gold]] at the time.<ref name=BalboaHIST/> In Darién, he had been replaced by a new governor, [[Pedro Arias Dávila]].<ref name=BalboaBV/> On orders from Spain, Dávila was to [[Investigation|investigate]] Balboa.<ref name=BalboaBV/> On Balboa's return to Darién in 1519, Dávila had him placed on [[trial]], then [[executed]] for [[treason]].<ref name=BalboaBV/> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Spanish explorers]] [[Category:1475 births]] [[Category:1519 deaths]] [[Category:Executed people]]