may 11, 1500 - Vasco Nunez de Balboa joins an expedition

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa joined a Spanish expedition that explored the coast of present-day Colombia, then returned to the island of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and sought to make his living as a farmer.

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