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First to cross the Isthmus of Panama

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vasco nuñes de balboa

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In 1513, ten years after the first European ships sailed along the Isthmus of Panama, Spanish explorer Vasco Núnez de Balboa put together an expedition to cross the Isthmus. He had heard about the Ocean on the other side of the land bridge and all the gold to be found there

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