The Life of vasco N ú? ez de balboa

After the Spanish and Portuguese explored the West Indies and Central and South America, it was followed by the conquest of that land and the settlement of immigrants. Vasco N ú? ez de balboa was an early Spanish immigrant. 1475 was born in Estremadura. He came to Haiti from Spain to escape debt. 1500 went to the southwest coast of the Caribbean for colonial exploration and navigation. After that, he settled in Hispaniola to run a plantation. Xuan moved to a colony established by another colonist, ojeda, in order to avoid debts. 15 10, the colony of Oheda will go bankrupt. According to balboa's suggestion, the colonists moved to Darien on the coast of the Panamanian isthmus, where they established a colonial stronghold. He hid in food supplies loaded on two expedition ships. As soon as the ship sailed into the sea, he began to command. 15 13, balboa was appointed as the interim chief executive of Darian by the Spanish king.

He heard from the local people that there is also a country rich in ocean and gold in the west (the country is Biru: actually Peru, the former Inca Empire). So he led an expedition on September 15 13 (in order to get rid of the gallows and get rid of jail. And find Huang Jinguo), find the ocean. 190 Spaniards and 1000 American Indians served as guides, porters and servants in the expedition. After overcoming all kinds of difficulties, three weeks later (he didn't allow anyone to follow him, because he wanted to be the only one who saw the unknown ocean-the Pacific Ocean), balboa looked down at the sea area now called the Pacific Ocean from the Darian Mountain, which he called the "Great South China Sea". (Right) balboa rushes into the Pacific Ocean in armor, claiming that the Pacific Ocean belongs to the Spanish king. His prize was to be appointed as the state administrators of Panama, Cova and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), under the jurisdiction of Darian's chief executive, Pedra Lias. Later, balboa successfully climbed the Darian Mountains and visited the San Miguel Bay on the Pacific coast, which aroused Pedra Lias' jealousy, but he did not enjoy the scenery for too long. 15 19, Pedra Leah was jealous of balboa's success and tried to get him arrested. Balboa was tried for treason and was beheaded in Ake, on the north bank of the Panamanian isthmus.