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Balboa. Vasco Nuñez de
A Castilian noble, established a settlement at Darien; discovered the Pacific; took possession of territory in the name of Spain; put to death by a new governor, from jealousy of the glory he had acquired and the consequent influence in the State (1475-1517).
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Γλώσσα
- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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