mar 22, 1513 - Balboa sights the Pacific Ocean

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While leading an expedition in search of gold, he sighted the Pacific Ocean. Balboa claimed the ocean and all of its shores for Spain, opening the way for later Spanish exploration and conquest along the western coast of South America.

Source-History.com Staff. “Vasco Núñez De Balboa.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-nunez-de-balboa.