Show I JOTS ROM FROM HISTORY I B BALBOA o of the most pie pie- ic- ic ture advent adventurous rous of th the early American explorers was born In 1475 One of the first Europeans to ViSit the West Indies he founded a or t t Isthmus of bf Panama The crowning event of hIs life came when adventuring turing westward in Panama one day He climbed a steep hill and there before him peaceful and il ii- limitable la lay a great ocean Balboa Bat Bal boa named it hc he Pacific he h had d discovered the worlds World's greatest oc an for Europeans After an actIVe life of exploring he was accused ac ac- of treason and put to death in 1517 5 fR r |