Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

By Frederick A. Ober
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Length5h

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa is a biography by Frederick A. Ober. de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean.

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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length5 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1ILLUSTRATIONS
11X DISSENSIONS IN THE COLONY 1512
2SOURCES OF INFORMATION
12XI BALBOA STRENGTHENS HIS ARM 1512
3II LEADER OF A FORLORN HOPE 1510
13XII THE QUEST FOR THE AUSTRAL OCEAN 1513
4III BALBOA ASSERTS HIS SUPREMACY 1510
14XIII ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC 1513
5IV BALBOA CAPTURES A PRINCESS 1511
15XIV A RIVAL IN THE FIELD 1514
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6V THE CACIQUES OF DARIEN 1511
16XV PEDRARIAS, THE SCOURGE OF DARIEN 1515
7VI FIRST TIDINGS OF THE PACIFIC 1512
17XVI IN THE DOMAIN OF THE DRAGONS 1515
8VII A SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN TEMPLE 1511
18XVII A COMPACT WITH THE ENEMY 1516
9VIII CONSPIRACY OF THE CACIQUES 1512
19FOOTNOTES:
10IX HOW THE CONSPIRACY WAS DEFEATED 1512

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