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Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born 1475 ‱ Badajoz ‱ Spain
Died January 12, 1519 (aged 44) ‱ near DariĂ©n ‱ Panama

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Hernån Cortés
Hernån Cortés
Spanish conquistador
PĂĄnfilo de NarvĂĄez
PĂĄnfilo de NarvĂĄez
Spanish conquistador and colonial official
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Juan Ponce de LeĂłn
Juan Ponce de LeĂłn
Spanish explorer
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Painting depicting Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar handing command to Hernan Cortes near ships, with crew and indigenous laborers in the background.
Diego Velåzquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Francisco VĂĄzquez de Coronado
Francisco VĂĄzquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
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Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
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Lucas VĂĄzquez de AyllĂłn
Spanish explorer
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
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José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
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Pedro de Peralta
Spanish colonial official
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NicolĂĄs de Ovando
Spanish military leader
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Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish explorer
Legazpi, Miguel LĂłpez de
Miguel LĂłpez de Legazpi
Spanish governor of Philippines
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Gaspar de PortolĂĄ
Spanish military officer
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Pedro Arias DĂĄvila
Spanish colonial administrator

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