VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)

Synonyms:

Balboa; Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

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