Balboa

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
Panama's currency is named for this explorer who crossed the isthmus & sighted the Pacific in 1513 Balboa $2,000 DJ EXPLORERS 2022-09-16 #8700
In 1516 he disassembled his ships on the Atlantic side of Panama & reassembled them on the Pacific side Balboa $1,600 DJ EXPLORATION 2014-07-31 #6894
On Sunday, September 25, 1513 he climbed a peak accompanied only by his dog & saw the Pacific Ocean Balboa $800 DJ EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD 2010-09-22 #5983
Falsely accused of treason, this discoverer of the Pacific Ocean was beheaded in 1519 Balboa $1,200 DJ EXPLORERS 2004-05-05 #4538
This conquistador in Panama was later arrested by his ex-lieutenant Pizarro & executed for treason Balboa $2,000 DJ EXPLORERS' LATER YEARS 2002-01-11 #4000
When he arrived at the Pacific Ocean Sept. 29, 1513, he named the site the Gulf of San Miguel Balboa $400 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-02-20 #2647
On Sept. 29, 1513 he took formal possession of the Pacific in the name of the king of Castile Balboa $400 DJ EXPLORERS 1994-05-12 #2244
In January 1519 he was beheaded in Acla on the coast of Panama under orders of rival Pedrarias Davila Balboa DD $200 J EXPLORERS 1994-02-28 #2191
In 1519 this explorer was beheaded by a rival in Acla on the isthmus of Panama Balboa $600 DJ EXPLORATION 1992-09-09 #1838
In 1511 he was named interim governor & captain general of Darien in the Isthmus of Panama Balboa DD $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-07-08 #1828
He was standing on Darien Peak on the isthmus of Panama when he became the first European to see the Pacific Balboa DD $700 DJ EXPLORERS 1990-02-13 #1262
Gone broke, he had himself put in a cask addressed to Panama, which he later crossed Balboa $600 DJ EXPLORERS 1987-01-30 #560
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