Multiple choice general knowledge history

Balboa was the first European to

  1. encounter the Pacific Ocean

  2. circumnavigate the globe

  3. sail around the Cape of Good Hope

  4. encounter the Horn of Africa
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean in 1513, crossing the Isthmus of Panama. This was a major milestone in the Age of Exploration, proving the existence of a vast ocean to the west of the Americas.

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