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Spain Claimed the Pacific in Borrowed Armor, 1513
Age of Exploration

Spain Claimed the Pacific in Borrowed Armor, 1513

A Spanish explorer climbed a peak in Panama, saw an ocean nobody in Europe knew existed, then spent four days arguing about who got to name it.

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Age of ExplorationCentral AmericaSpanish EmpireColonial AmericasDiscovery16th CenturyVasco Núñez de BalboaPacific Ocean

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