American Indian leaders told Balboa of a large sea nearby. In 1513, Balboa and his men wanted to find the sea. They climbed over mountains. They walked through land covered with trees and vines. One day at the top of a mountain, Balboa looked out and saw a large ocean. It was the Pacific Ocean. He became the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean
balboa was the first european to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
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Balboa got attacked by natives in the Isthmus of Panama in Columbia
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He was the first man from Europe to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas
He was the first man from Europe to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas
The first EUROPEAN to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas was Balboa. Presumably the natives had noticed it once or twice before.