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VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
Synonyms:
Balboa; Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)