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Panama's currency is named for this explorer who crossed the isthmus & sighted the Pacific in 1513 |
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EXPLORERS |
2022-09-16 |
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In 1516 he disassembled his ships on the Atlantic side of Panama & reassembled them on the Pacific side |
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EXPLORATION |
2014-07-31 |
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On Sunday, September 25, 1513 he climbed a peak accompanied only by his dog & saw the Pacific Ocean |
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EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD |
2010-09-22 |
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Falsely accused of treason, this discoverer of the Pacific Ocean was beheaded in 1519 |
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2004-05-05 |
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This conquistador in Panama was later arrested by his ex-lieutenant Pizarro & executed for treason |
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EXPLORERS' LATER YEARS |
2002-01-11 |
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When he arrived at the Pacific Ocean Sept. 29, 1513, he named the site the Gulf of San Miguel |
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1996-02-20 |
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On Sept. 29, 1513 he took formal possession of the Pacific in the name of the king of Castile |
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EXPLORERS |
1994-05-12 |
#2244 |
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In January 1519 he was beheaded in Acla on the coast of Panama under orders of rival Pedrarias Davila |
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1994-02-28 |
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In 1519 this explorer was beheaded by a rival in Acla on the isthmus of Panama |
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$600 |
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EXPLORATION |
1992-09-09 |
#1838 |
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In 1511 he was named interim governor & captain general of Darien in the Isthmus of Panama |
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1992-07-08 |
#1828 |
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He was standing on Darien Peak on the isthmus of Panama when he became the first European to see the Pacific |
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$700 |
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EXPLORERS |
1990-02-13 |
#1262 |
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Gone broke, he had himself put in a cask addressed to Panama, which he later crossed |
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$600 |
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EXPLORERS |
1987-01-30 |
#560 |