Vasco Núñez de Balboa

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What Wikipedia says

Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, adelantado, and a pirate. He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513.

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Image: Anonymous (Spain) after a 18th-century engraving, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.