The first Spanish (European) mainland colony in the Americas: founded in Panama by Vasco Numez de Balboa, who thus discovered the South Sea (Pacific Ocean). At this point, little doubt remains that the true Indies lie much further west.
The first Spanish (European) mainland colony in the Americas: founded in Panama by Vasco Numez de Balboa, who thus discovered the South Sea (Pacific Ocean). At this point, little doubt remains that the true Indies lie much further west.