The Adventures of Balboa

0: Travels of Balboa

1: Darien, Panama

This part of Balboa’s journey was the most important and well known stop. In Darien Balboa climbed a peak and saw an ocean. Balboa became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean (he climbed this peak alone).

2: Darien, Panama

At this point Vasco Nunez De Balboa has been arrested for treason against Spain and when he travels back to Darien, Panama Vasco Nunez, one of Spains greatest explorers was publicly executed (be-headed).

3: Hispanolia

When Balboa came to the shores of Hispaniola he decided he wanted to stop here and farm for a while. After ten years his attempts at farming produced debts, so he joined a crew and left Hispaniola to go to San Sebastian.

4: Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain

Jerez de los Caballeros was Vasco Nunez de Balboa’s birth place and spent many years there. Balboa wanted to explore and when he bumped into Rodrigo de Bastidas they decided to sail to Hispaniola.

5: Pearl Islands

From Darien Balboa sailed to the Pearl islands were he found a fortune in pearls (this is how the Pearl islands got their name today). Also in his party was a man named Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Incas of Peru where Balboa had ventured earlier.

6: Peru

In Peru Vasco found a fortune in gold and slaves. Also in Peru Balboa explored the dense forests and continued his expedition west.

7: San Sebastian

After his trip to Hispaniola gathered debts Balboa joined a crew to sail to San Sebastian as part of his expedition southwest. When they arrived they found it had been burned to the ground. He convinced the leaders of the expedition, Nicuesa and Encisco, to continue southwest.