1. Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519); [syn: Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balboa]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
n 1: Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien
and became the first European to see the eastern shores of
the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) [syn: Balboa, Vasco Nunez
de Balboa]