Vasco+Nunez+de+Balboa

=__**Backround information**__= //Vasco Nunez De Balboa was born 1475 and diedJanuary 12, 1519 he was born in Jerez De Lo Caballcros,Castile Spain. Vasco died because of excution.He was exploring for Santa Maria.Balboa was charged with treason against Spain (although he was innocent and had been framed by a friend, Arias de Avila). Francisco Pizarro arrested Balboa. Balboa was found guilty and was publicly beheaded in Acla in January, 1519. Vasco Nurez De Balboa is a male and his religion is Roman cathlic.His race is hispanic (whos first language was Spanish).He was raised in a poor Spanish family, but was well educated.//

=__**His Goal for Exploring**__= //His goal in sailing was to find teasures like pearls and gold.His results of him finding the gold was successful but when he was finding the gold he was stealing it and at the end of it they were caught by the law.//

=__**His Results of Exploring**__= //Vasco Nurez De Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean. He was a leading figure among spanish explores and conquerors of America.He was the first man to see the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean in 1513,crossing the Isthmus of Panama//

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=**__Reasons for Exploring__**= //Vasco Nunez De Balboa was do discover gold and pearls.Vaso and hissailing parterns were lookin on the nothern coast of South America//.

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