As he was preparing an expedition to Peru this explorer was replaced by Pedro Arias de Avila, accused of treason, and executed.
As he was preparing an expedition to Peru this explorer was replaced by Pedro Arias de Avila, accused of treason, and executed. After sailing with Bastidasin in 1501 he went to Hispanola, but to escape creditors he hid on the vessel that took Martin de Enciso to Panama. At Darien he replaced the incompetant Enciso and took command of the ship, thereafter displaying the lack of rapacity and cruelty that won him the respect and friendship of the indigenous peoples of Central America, who accompanied him during his epic march across the isthmus. FTP, who was this first European to discover the Pacific Ocean?
As he was preparing an expedition to Peru this explorer was replaced by Pedro Arias de Avila, accused of treason, and executed.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa