Vasco Nunez de Balboa Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He was born in Spain in 1475.Vasco Nunez de Balboa is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming one of the best Spanish explorers. When Balboa heard that the news of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the New World, he decided to make his first voyage to the Americas. So Balboa joined an expedition to South America. He explored Columbia and the Isthmus of Panama. Balboa established a small town called Darien on the Isthmus of Panama, he became the interim governor of the settlement . After Balboa explored Columbia he hide in a ship headed to the colony of San Sebastian.
