1500's+Balboa+(D)


 * **Balboa was a Spanish conquistador. [[image:balboa.aspx width="148" height="177" caption="Balboa"]] [[image:pacific_ocean_picture.jpg width="237" height="160" caption="PACIFIC OCEAN"]][[image:balboa.gif width="202" height="172"]]**
 * **Balboa was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean**. **He went to present-day Panama to see the Pacific Ocean.**
 * **In 1500 Balboa sailed with Rodrigo de Bastidas from Spain to explore Columbia, South America.**
 * **Balboa traveled from Santo Domingo to San Sebastian with his dog in 1510.**
 * **When they got there, it was all burned to the ground.**
 * **Christopher Columbus' voyage to the new world inspired Balboa to go.**
 * **Balboa killed Native American tribes and took their gold.**
 * **Balboa's enemies jealous of his accomplishments and accused him of treason.**
 * **He was arrested and his head was taken of 44.**

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Miles Conley and Ja'lon Copeland