1500's+Balboa+(GC)

He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of **Hispaniola**. He founded the settlement of **Santa María la Antigua** 1501, when he followed Rodrigo de Bastidas in his voyage of discovery to the western seas. He appears to have settled in Hispaniola, and took to cultivating land in the neighborhood of Salvatierra, but with no great success, as his debts soon became oppressive. In 1509 the famous Ojeda sailed from San Domingo. In 1510, Balboa and his dog Leoncico stowed away on a boat going from Santo Domingo to San Sebastian. W hen they arrived at San Sebastian, they discovered that it had been burned to the ground. Balboa convinced the others to travel southwest with him to a spot he had seen on his earlier expedition. In 1511, Balboa founded a colony, the first European settlement in South America - the town of Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien. sources:wikapeadea BY:REGINIALD SILER
 * //__Vasco__//** was a Spanish explorer, governor, and **conquistador**. He is best known for having crossed the **Isthmus of Panama** to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first **European** to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.