HIS DISCOVERY
BALBOA WAS A FEARLESS AND OFTEN RUTHLESS EXPLORER. HE IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS TRIP THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST DENSE JUNGLE IN THE WORLD, AND FOR BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC. IN MODERN PANAMA THERE IS STILL NO ROAD IN THE AREA WHERE BALBOA FORGET A PATH THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST.