Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Definitions of Vasco Nunez de Balboa
  1. noun
    Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
    synonyms: Balboa
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    in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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