[PAR] [TLE] Vasco Núñez de Balboa [SEP] Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador.  He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. [PAR] [TLE] History of the Panama Canal [SEP] The idea for a Panama canal dates back to the 1513 discovery of the isthmus by Vasco Núñez de Balboa.  The narrow land bridge between North and South America houses the Panama Canal, a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  The earliest Central American European colonists recognized this potential, and several proposals for such a canal were made.
[PAR] [TLE] Vasco Núñez de Balboa [ SEP ] Vasco Núñez de Balboa ( c. 1475around January 12–21 , 1519 ) was a Spanish explorer , governor , and conquistador . He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513 , becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World . [PAR] [TLE] History of the Panama Canal [ SEP ] The idea for a Panama canal dates back to the 1513 discovery of the isthmus by Vasco Núñez de Balboa . The narrow land bridge between North and South America houses the Panama Canal , a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . The earliest Central American European colonists recognized this potential , and several proposals for such a canal were made .
What type of land mass was discovered in 1513 by a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador?
What type of land mass was discovered in 1513 by a Spanish explorer , governor , and conquistador ?
isthmus
isthmus