Which Happened First?

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

circa 1475 – January 15, 1519
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa — Image: Anonymous (Spain)Unknown author after a 18th-century engraving · Public domain · source

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, adelantado, and a pirate. He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513.

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Who was born first?

Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Diego de Almagro were born the same year
Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Francisco Hernández de Cordoba were born the same year
Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba Brito del Socorro y Nazareno were born the same year
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born 1 year after Rodrigo de Bastidas
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born 5 years before Duarte Barbosa

Timeline

Rodrigo de Bastidascirca 1474 – July 28, 1527
Diego de Almagro1475 – July 8, 1538
Francisco Hernández de Cordoba1475–1518
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba Brito del Socorro y Nazareno1475–1526
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (this page)circa 1475 – January 15, 1519
Duarte Barbosa1480 – May 1, 1521

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