The Legend of Balboa

Vasco nunez de balboa was a noble spaniard who came to the new world in search of gold, but had fallen into debt. Balboa's bravado got him out of scrapes before, but now his hopes of wealth and glory seemed doomed. He decided he would cross the treacherous jungles of panama and become the first european to bathe his feet in this new ocean. From there, he marched in his armor into its waters, bearing the banner of castile and claiming all its seas, lands and islands as part of el dorado. But before the king received word of his discovery, they had already sent a pedrarius with