Answer: The 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519) helped establish the first 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 Pacific Ocean.
Explanation:
In the 20,000 leagues under the sea, they had made the important decision on escaping the Nautilus which leads to the climax and main part of the story. Which is the building action leading to major changes around them causing drastic decisions needing to be made, which then leads to falling action, causing them having to rethink decisions and create different resolutions.
Maybe it is ( just maybe ) the scientist were very exited after they made that discovery BECAUSE they have been searching for it for years
