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Vasco Nunez de Balboa and the Discovery of the South Sea

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia Chelsea House Publishers 2002Description: 64p.: col. illISBN:
  • 0-7910-6428-X
Subject(s): Summary: On September 26, 1513, the Spanish soldier Vasco Nunez de Balboa climbed slowly to the top of a mountain ridge. When he reached the top, he could see the blue waters of a great ocean which he called the South Sea. Balboa and his men had become the first Europeans to see the water that would one day be named the Pacific Ocean.
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Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-back corner M- Biography (Juvenile) BIO BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 25187

On September 26, 1513, the Spanish soldier Vasco Nunez de Balboa climbed slowly to the top of a mountain ridge. When he reached the top, he could see the blue waters of a great ocean which he called the South Sea. Balboa and his men had become the first Europeans to see the water that would one day be named the Pacific Ocean.

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