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Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Part 1

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Nucusa and the Colony of Santa Maria

Nucusa was not greeted kindly when he arrived in Santa Maria. The colonists had voted out one foolish ruler, so why not a second? Balboa seems to have played the role of quiet instigator during all of this. He never publicly called for the actions that were taken, but he likely had no problem encouraging them. With Nucusa's disappearance and Nciso's exile, Balboa would become governor of Darien.

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