Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

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Frederick A. Ober. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

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VASCO. NUÑEZ DE BALBOA

I. THE MAN-OF-THE-BARREL. 1475-1510

II. LEADER OF A FORLORN HOPE. 1510

III. BALBOA ASSERTS HIS SUPREMACY. 1510

IV. BALBOA CAPTURES A PRINCESS. 1511

V. THE CACIQUES OF DARIEN. 1511

VI. FIRST TIDINGS OF THE PACIFIC. 1512

VII. A SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN TEMPLE. 1511

VIII. CONSPIRACY OF THE CACIQUES. 1512

IX. HOW THE CONSPIRACY WAS DEFEATED. 1512

X. DISSENSIONS IN THE COLONY. 1512

XI. BALBOA STRENGTHENS HIS ARM. 1512

XII. THE QUEST FOR THE AUSTRAL OCEAN. 1513

XIII. ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC. 1513

XIV. A RIVAL IN THE FIELD. 1514

XV. PEDRARIAS, THE SCOURGE OF DARIEN. 1515

XVI. IN THE DOMAIN OF THE DRAGONS. 1515

XVII. A COMPACT WITH THE ENEMY. 1516

XVIII. BUILDING THE BRIGANTINES. 1516

XIX. IMPRISONED AND IN CHAINS. 1517

XX. THE END OF VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA. 1517

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Frederick A. Ober

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"Dios mio!" exclaimed Balboa, after the head of the cask had been removed and his own head took its place. "That was an experience I would not endure again for an empire! Give me to eat, friend Salvador, and something to drink, for of a truth I am perishing of hunger and thirst. My limbs, too, are as stiff as a stake, so rub me down, amigo, and then help me on with my armor."

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