Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
After traveling more than , Balboa named the bay where they ended up "San Miguel", because they arrived on September 29, the feast day of the archangel Michael. He named the new sea "Mar del Sur", since they had traveled south to reach it.