Balboa’s discovery of the South Sea in 1513
From Habele Institute
Levesque, Rodrigue (1992). "Balboa's discovery of the South Sea in 1513". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents. Volume 1, European Discovery, 1521-1560. Gatineau, Quebec: Éditions Lévesque. pp. 105–118. ISBN 0-920201-01-6.
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Abstract: Account of Vasco Núñez de Balboa’s 1513 crossing of the Isthmus of Panama and first European sighting of the Pacific. It marks a milestone that gave Spain direct access to the South Sea and spurred ambitions for Asian trade.
