Project Gutenberg 2010-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 210 Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) 1849 1913 Ober, Frederick Albion Ober, Fred A. (Frederick Albion) Ober, F. A. (Frederick Albion) Beverly, Fred Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Vasco Nuñez de Balboa" by Frederick A. Ober is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work details the life and adventures of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, one of the early explorers of the Americas, focusing on his exploration of the Isthmus of Panama and his significant discoveries, including the Pacific Ocean. The opening of the book introduces a pivotal moment from Balboa's life, revealing his humble beginnings as part of an expedition led by Rodrigo de Bastidas. Through a series of events, Balboa's fortunes shift, and he finds himself in Santo Domingo, burdened with debts and seeking a way out of his predicament. As he navigates through political intrigue, his character is established as both ambitious and resourceful. He eventually takes drastic steps for his ambitions, including stowing away on a ship bound for exploration, setting the stage for his future conquests and the unfolding drama of his life in the New World. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de (17475-1519) E011 Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: History - American Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 390405 2025-07-14T08:05:29.641582 text/html 382537 2010-12-31T15:22:24 text/html 836509 2025-07-14T08:05:37.855016 application/epub+zip 840457 2025-07-14T08:05:32.853013 application/epub+zip 204259 2025-07-14T08:05:31.392965 application/epub+zip 1025136 2025-07-14T08:05:41.604902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 993605 2025-07-14T08:05:37.048981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352623 2022-09-16T05:10:37.674497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345236 2025-07-14T08:05:28.913515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 344920 2010-12-31T15:22:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 344912 2010-12-31T15:22:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21371 2025-07-14T08:05:41.729928 application/rdf+xml 14154 2025-07-14T08:05:32.110951 image/jpeg 3427 2025-07-14T08:05:31.853063 image/jpeg 132515 2010-12-31T15:22:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 826316 2010-12-31T15:22:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 132414 2010-12-31T15:22:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 832817 2025-07-14T08:05:29.707491 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia