SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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he became the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean
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first European to reach the Mississippi River
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he sailed his ship Matthew and discovered Newfoundland on the eastern coast of Canada.
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he discovered the st Lawrence river.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World .
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1513, while leading an expedition in search of gold, he sighted the Pacific Ocean. Balboa claimed the ocean and all of its shores for Spain, opening the way for later Spanish exploration and conquest along the western coast of South America.
Detailed explanation-3: -On either September 25 or 27, 1513 (sources differ on the day) Vasco Nuñez de Balboa became the first European to discover a new ocean. He named it the South Sea; today it is called the Pacific Ocean. On September 29, Balboa went into the water and claimed the sea, its islands and lands for Spain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Balboa was the first European to see the eastern shore of the great South Sea (the Pacific Ocean), on September 13, 1513. While he is often erroneously credited for naming it, it was actually named by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480?-1521) during his circumnavigation of the globe.