1513-DISCOVERING AMERICA
AS FAR AS THE GREAT DISCOVERERS OF EUROPE OF THE 14TH AND 15TH
CENTURY.IT LOOK'S AS THOUGH THE TWO THAT ACTUALLY SET FOOT ON THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT FIRST WERE PONCE DE LE'ON AND NUNEZ DE BALBOA.LE'ON LANDED IN FLORIDA BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER ISLAND IN THE WEST INDIES.BALBOA WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL BY CLIMBING TO THE CREST OF A MOUNTAIN AT THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA AND BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THUS RELIZING THE VAST DISTANCE OF THE NEW WORLD FROM THE FAR EAST.
COLUMBUS SAILED FOR ALONG TIME ALONG THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON NEVER MADE LANDFALL.HOW
BALBOA JUST HAPPENED TO PICK THE BEST SPOT TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN
IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT KNOWN.PERHAPS HE GOT A TIP FROM THE LOCAL
INDIANS.IT HARD TO SAY.
BUT COLUMBUS'S EFFORTS WERE NOT ALL IN VAIN.THE COUNTRY OF COLUMBIA IS NAMED FOR THE INTREPPID SAILOR.P. HOLLY 3/27/2007
CENTURY.IT LOOK'S AS THOUGH THE TWO THAT ACTUALLY SET FOOT ON THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT FIRST WERE PONCE DE LE'ON AND NUNEZ DE BALBOA.LE'ON LANDED IN FLORIDA BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER ISLAND IN THE WEST INDIES.BALBOA WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL BY CLIMBING TO THE CREST OF A MOUNTAIN AT THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA AND BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THUS RELIZING THE VAST DISTANCE OF THE NEW WORLD FROM THE FAR EAST.
COLUMBUS SAILED FOR ALONG TIME ALONG THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON NEVER MADE LANDFALL.HOW
BALBOA JUST HAPPENED TO PICK THE BEST SPOT TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN
IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT KNOWN.PERHAPS HE GOT A TIP FROM THE LOCAL
INDIANS.IT HARD TO SAY.
BUT COLUMBUS'S EFFORTS WERE NOT ALL IN VAIN.THE COUNTRY OF COLUMBIA IS NAMED FOR THE INTREPPID SAILOR.P. HOLLY 3/27/2007
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