Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama
1513 · Event
Vasco Núñez de Balboa sights the Pacific Ocean from a peak in Panama; first European to view the Pacific from the Americas.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, Latin America, Master
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- English Reformation (1533)
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- Martin Luther (1483)
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