Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached America accompanying Rodrigo de Bastidas in his explorations in the Caribbean. Motivated by stories of the inhabitants of the new lands, who spoke of an unknown sea, sets up a titanic in your search.

On September 1, 1513 the expedition starts. After 6 days sailing mysterious waters, begin the journey on foot and with great courage, they entered the impenetrable rainforest.

The September 25, 1513, Balboa, sighted what until then had envisioned only in stories: the infinite vastness of the waters of a new sea. The moment that completely change the history of mankind.