# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasco-nunez-de-balboa
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:28:12.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasco-nunez-de-balboa"
name: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
slug: "vasco-nunez-de-balboa"
description: "He crossed a strip of jungle in Panama and became the first European to see the Pacific from the New World — a sightline that redrew the map and the stakes of empire."
tagline: "Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato_de_Vasco_Nu%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_(1475-1517)_-_An%C3%B3nimo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1475"
deathDate: "1519-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.397168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Historical Figures"
    slug: "historical-figures"
  - name: "Scientist"
    slug: "scientist"
  - name: "Chemistry"
    slug: "chemistry"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Spain"
    slug: "spain"
  - name: "Europe"
    slug: "europe"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19080"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Vasco%20N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez%20de%20Balboa"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "فاسكو نونييث دى بالبوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasko_Nunyes_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasko Nunyes de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B0"
    title: "Васка Нуньес дэ Бальбоа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B0"
    title: "Васка Нуньес дэ Бальбоа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B0"
    title: "Васко Нунес де Балбоа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF_%CE%9D%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%B1"
    title: "Βάσκο Νούνιες ντε Μπαλμπόα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "واسکو نونیس د بالبوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa"
    title: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "فاسكو نونييث دي بالبوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Balboa sailed west in 1500 and eventually landed on Hispaniola, where he spent years exploring before founding Santa María la Antigua del Darién in present-day Colombia in 1510 — the first lasting European settlement on the American mainland. Three years later, he led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama and reached the ocean no European from the New World had seen. That 1513 crossing made his name, but it didn't save him: he was executed around January 1519, roughly six years after the discovery that secured his place in the record.