Vasco De Nunez Balboa

Vasco De Nunez Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean on September 25, 1513. His life is in many ways tragic and misunderstood. He embarked on the expedition that would make his name immortal hidden on deck in a cask. When the captain of the voyage learned of this he nearly dropped him on a deserted island. Later Vasco De Nunez was betrayed by the captain of the ship on which he sailed to Santa Maria del Darien. Captain Enciso was a lawyer and a treacherous man who filled the Spanish King Ferdinand with criticism and disdainful suggestions about Balboa.