By: Ethan P. and Ray

Where he was from and sailed for, Background and Why he went on his Voyages.

Vasco de Balboa sailed and was from Spain. Vasco de Balboa grew up as a poor boy in Spain. Then he went on voyages to become rich from gold. Vasco de Balboa went to Central America on one of his voyages.

Impact positive/negative Negative- On one of his voyages he got his

head cut off in panama. The people who cut off Vasco de Balboa’s head were jealous of his success.

Positive- On one of Vasco de Balboa’s voyages, he went to Central America. On that very Voyage, he found the Pacific Ocean.

Vasco de balboas routesVasco de Balboa went from Spain to lots

of places in the world. He was the first one to sail around the cape of good hope to get to Asia.

Websites visited http://www.biography.com/people/vasc

o-núñez-de-balboa-9196350 http://landofthebrave.info/vasco-de-bal

boa-facts.htm

http://landofthebrave.info/vasco-de-balboa-facts.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_Vasco_Nunez_De_Balboa_sail_from_Spain

http://www.nndb.com/people/043/000094758/

Websites visited

http://englishare.net/World%20Lit/WL1--Lesson27-Lecture.htm

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/balboa/

http://history.howstuffworks.com/central-american-history/history-of-panama.htm

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