This 1901 illustration depicts when Balboa first sights the huge expanse of water, which he names Mar del Sul ("South Sea").

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Spanish explorer and conquistador Vasco Nunez de Balboa (died 1519) is credited as the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. he did so after crossing what is known today as the Isthmus of Panama, reaching the west coast on in 1513. This 1901 illustration depicts the scene when Balboa first sights the huge expanse of water, which he names Mar del Sul (Spanish for South Sea).

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