THE PACIFIC.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144083, 30 April 1913, Page 3

THE PACIFIC.

ITS DISCOVERY CELEBRATED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received April 30, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, April 29. The Royal Geographical Society cele-. brated the 400th anniversary of Vasco do Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific Ocean. [Vasqo de Balboa (1475-1517), a Spanish discoverer, was born at Xoros. Ho accompanied Rodrigo, de Bastidas in his voyage- of discovery to the western seas (1501). In 1513 he discovered the Pacific and took possessipn of it in the name of Spain. Jealousy on the part of his enemy Pedrarias Davila (whose daughter he had married) led to his execution.!