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= Britt, Ayesha , Emma , Rachel Hey guys, i didnt get much today, ill do it after class. = ﻿Hey Guys! Can we all please ask Mrs.McClure what information, if any, is missing, and how much editing we need to do of the wiki page! Thanks! (britt) Hi guys, this is Ms McClure. So far so good. Put your citations into correct format. Make your answers into nice paragraphs. Add your direct quotes.

Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa? Basco de Balboa was a Spanish Conquistador and explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas and who claimed the entire ocean for his home country Spain. He found the Pacific Ocean after crossing South America at its narrowest point - the Isthmus of Panama. He called the ocean the "South Sea" because he traveled south to find it. who crossed the land at its narrowest point. He calimed Spain as an ocean he found on the other side. Balboa was born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain, 1475, and died in 1519. He was uneducated. He was born into a poor Spanish family.


 * ** Ryan, Peter, and Chris Molan. Explorers and Mapmakers . London: Evans Brothers, 2001. Print. **



In 1501 he first sailed across the Atlantic from Spain, and to the new world with Rodrigo de Bastidas. He was the officer in charge of five other soldiers whose job was to protect the expedition.
 * __ When Did Balboa Sail? __**

In 1513, he made his famous expedition through the jjungles of the Ithmus of Panama. He went from the Atlantic coast of central America, across South America at its narrowist point - the Isthmus - and discovered the Pacific Ocean which he called "South Sea" //(Mar del Sur//)//.// //(Vasco Nunez de Balboa// by Bruce C. Ruiz. [|**http://bruceruiz.net/PanamaHistory/vasco_nunez_balboa_1.htm**]**) Format **

Balboa sailed with hundreds of Indians and Spaniards across the Gulf of Uraba to the Darien peninsula. Balboa Explored overland through dense rainforests in a west direction. He went because he wanted to settle on the island of Hispaniola hoping to make a living as a farmer there.


 * September 1513
 * **(Explorers and Mapmakers; by Peter Ryan; © 1989, great Britain, Hamish Hamilton Children's Books USA Inc.)**
 * Or in 1501 (sailed across the Atlantic) (pg.54)
 * He sailed in 1501 to the New World with Rodrigo de Bastidas ( [] )

**(Explorers and Mapmakers; by Peter Ryan; © 1989, great Britain, Hamish Hamilton Children's Books USA Inc.)**
 * __Where did Balboa Go?__**
 * In 1501, Balboa sailed on an expedition from Spain to the New World and he landed in Central America. During the next 15 years, he made many expeditions around Central Ameria and South America.
 * From the Atlantic coast of Central America, across the land (at its narrowest point).
 * **Balboa sailed with hundreds of Spaniards and Indians across the Gulf of Uraba to the Darien Peninsula (** [] )
 * **explored overland through dense rainforests in a west direction**

__ **Part 1: why Balboa first went from Spain to the New World in 1501:** __ **(Vasco Nunez de Balboa by Bruce C. Ruiz; at [])** (Biography of Vansco Nunez de Balboa, by Christopher Minster. [])
 * __**Why did he go?**__
 * **Balboa did not come from a wealthy family and there were few jobs for him when he finished school. He realized that his future lay in the New World and he tried to join an expedition going there.**
 * **By 1500, word had spread all over Spain and Europe of the wonders of the New World and the fortunes being made there. Young and ambitious, Balboa jioned the expedition of Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1500. The expedition was midly successful in raiding the northereastern coast** of South America and Balboa landed in 1502 in Hispaniola with enough money to set himself with a small pig farm. He was not a very good farmer, however, and by 1509 he was forced to flee his creditors in Santo Domingo. He stowed away on a ship commanded by Martin Fernandez de Encisco that was heading to San Sebastian. When he landed in the region called Darien, the group was attacked by natives by Balboa rallied the Spaniards and became mayor of the city.

He went because in 1510, when he stowed away on a boat with his dog to get to San Sebastian, he arrived only to find that it no longer existed. He then tried to convince the crew to sail southwest, to an area where he had already discovered on his previous expedition. ( [] )


 * **Balboa** settled on the island of Hispaniola hoping to make a living as a farmer

**__Part 2: why Balboa went on his famous expedition across the Isthmus of Panama in 1513:__**
 * He went because the native americans who lived in the settlement he created (Darian) told him about "a sea on the other side of the Isthmus of Panama, as well as stories of gold and other wealth in an area farthe to the south". Balboa went on this expedition because he wanted to do something spectacular to impress the king of Spain, so he could get his aproval to be the official governor of Darian (a Native American settlement he found).
 * "**In 1511, Indians told him of a sea on the other side of the Isthmus of Panama, as well as stories of gold and other wealth in an area farther to the south (referring to the Incas of Peru). Knowing his claim to the governorship of Darien was weak (it had not been approved by the King of Spain), Balboa needed to do something spectacular that would win the King's approval. Therefore, early in September 1513, Balboa led an expedition of about 90 Spaniards and a large number of Indians to find this large ocean the Indians had told him about."**
 * []


 * __**What happened as he was sailing and when he landed?**__

**Once reaching South America, Balboa and his crew explored the coast line further. Eventually they came uppon a cape. Later on in their expedition, they searched for goods such as gold in what is now known as Colombia. Searching for treasure in this area was not easy, for they had many obsticals. Natives were very protective of their land, and used poison arrows and darts, as a defence mechanism. They only explored the coast, fearing that inland they would have more trouble with the natives. They continued to sail in the Gulf of Urabá and then started north west. They sailed along the coast of what is now Panama. While visiting Panama, they noticed the they natives where quite different the the ones they met northern. These natives were quite friendly and were willing to trade with the explorers. They traded goods such as gold and food, for other items the explorers had at hand. Also, poison arrows and darts were absent in this area. Balboa and his crew managed to travel about a total of 200 miles along the coast of South America in just over 4 months.([]) - Origionally Britt's- fixed/re-written by Emma**

= By 1511, Balboa had becmoe the commandor of the colony of Antigua and governor of Castilla de Oro. He organized expeditions into the countryside to conquer hostile natives and to make treaties with friendly ones. (summarized from [|**http://bruceruiz.net/PanamaHistory/vasco_nunez_**] ** __ balboa_1.htm __) **=
 * =Balboa also ended up in a rivalry with Enciso and eventually Enciso arrested Balboa and had him tried for treason and executed in 1917. =

In 1511 Balboa founded the first European colony in South America, called the town of Santa Maria de al Antigua del Darien. He married a woman of the name Careta, who was the daughter of one of the local Indian Chiefs in Santa Maria. Balboa came across many rainforests. While making there way through the forest, the managed to kill and fight many of the natives. They spend as much as a month robbing natives of the gold. Balboa was accused of treason against his own country, Spain. He was found guilty, even though he was innocent. Because of his accused crime, he was publicly beheaded in January of 1519. ( [] )

Pictures:

Here is a another picture or Balboa (Britt) Here is a picture of Balboa. (Emma)

This is a map of Balboa's Route. (Emma)