Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Vasco Nunez Balboa was a Spanish explorer who is famous for being the first European to see the ________ __________.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

He was born around 1475 to a ___________, but noble family.

• rich

• poor

• funny

As a young boy, Balboa served as a ___________ , a young male servant, to a wealthy family.

• page

• prince

• king

• slave

As a young man, Balboa signed on to explore the New World with explorer ___________.

• Rodrigo de Bastidas

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

The expedition set sail for South America in 1501 and the first place they landed was the island of ______________.

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Hawaii

They left the island because it did not have a fortune in _____________.

• spices

• pearls

• gold

• silver

They sailed along the coast of _________ __________ finally settling on the isthmus of ___________.

• North America, Panama

• South America, Panama

• Africa, Panama

The crew traded with the local tribes. Upon leaving the isthmus, the expedition realized their two ships were infested with __________________.

• snakes

• shipworms

• termites

• ants

The worms would eat through the hull of the boats before they could get back to __________ so they ended up stranded on the island of Haiti.

• Spain

• Barbados

• Peru

Balboa's dreams of making a fortune in _________ was lost.

• treasure

• ships

• pig farming