The 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa<span> (1475-1519) helped establish the </span>first<span> stable settlement on the South American continent at Darién, on the coast of the Isthmus of Panama. In 1513, while leading an expedition in search of gold, he sighted the </span><span>Pacific Ocean. hope this helps</span>
The ironic side of the finding of the Pacific Ocean is that it was not a pacific action.Balboa was accused of committing treson and was executed by Davila, the governor , who hated him.The discovery or sight of was was called pacific ended up with blood and death
