Explorer Timeline

Birth

Mar 13, 1475

Explorer Timeline

Period: Mar 13, 1475 to Mar 13, 1519

The Life of Vasco Núñez de Balboa

First Exhibition

Mar 13, 1500

Balboa sailed with Rodrigo de Bastidas from Spain to Colombia, to South America.

Stuck on Hispaniola

May 25, 1500

The ship Balboa was on sunk on the coast of Hispaniola. Becuase Balboa was in debt and didn't have the money to pay the debt off, he was stuck on Hispaniola for the law said he couldn't leave until he paid off the debt.

Stowaway

Oct 14, 1510

Balboa and his war dog Leoncico stowed away on a boat going from Santo Domingo to San Sebastian.

Settlement

Feb 15, 1511

Governor Balboa

Feb 7, 1512

Shortly after he founded the first European settlement in South America, Balboa became the governor of Darien, a part of what is now Panama

A Bad Day For Balboa

Aug 15, 1512

Balboa asked the king for 1,000 men to come on an exhibition to discover the Other Sea. An enemy of Balboa, Lawyer Enciso who returned to Spain, convinced King Ferdinand that Balboa sent the old governor of Darien, Nicuesa, out to sea in a leaky boat to drown. The king belived Enciso and wouldn't gives Balboa the requested troops. Instead, he planned to send a new governor to take over Balboa's job.

Traveling to The Other Sea

Mar 13, 1513

Since the king wouldn't send Balboa men, Balboa set out with 190 of his own men to find the Other Sea(now the Pacific). Balboa thought that if he found the Other Sea the King would keep him as governor of Darien.

The Other Sea

Jun 13, 1513

Balboa is the first European to see the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. He claims the ocean for Spain.

Death

Mar 13, 1519

Balboa was accused of treason against Spain although he had been loyal to Spain his whole life. He was publicly beheaded.