Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasco Núñez de Balboa canonical | 9 |
| Núñez de Balboa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T935678 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vasco Núñez de Balboa Context triple: [Balboa Park, namedAfter, Vasco Núñez de Balboa]
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A.
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in the early 16th century.
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B.
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
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C.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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D.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition into the Colombian interior that resulted in the establishment of Bogotá and the conquest of the Muisca people.
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E.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vasco Núñez de Balboa Target entity description: Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
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A.
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in the early 16th century.
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B.
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
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C.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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D.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition into the Colombian interior that resulted in the establishment of Bogotá and the conquest of the Muisca people.
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E.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
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conquistador ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1475 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Jerez de los Caballeros ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Balboa district
ⓘ
surface form:
Balboa district in Panama City
Panamanian currency name "balboa" ⓘ monuments in Panama City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| dateOfDiscovery | 1513-09-25 ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution by beheading ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1519-01-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Acla
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Castilian Panama ⓘ |
| discovered | Pacific Ocean from the American mainland for Europeans ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
|
| ethnicGroup | Spaniard ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
Central America
ⓘ
Isthmus of Panama ⓘ |
| familyName |
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Núñez de Balboa
|
| foundationDate | 1510 ⓘ |
| founded | Santa María la Antigua del Darién ⓘ |
| givenName |
CR Vasco da Gama
ⓘ
surface form:
Vasco
|
| knownFor |
claiming the Pacific Ocean and its shores for Spain
ⓘ
early Spanish exploration of the Americas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution | beheading ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Spanish colonial forces ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Charles I of Spain
ⓘ
Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ |
| name | Vasco Núñez de Balboa self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513 ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading the first recorded European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
conquistador ⓘ explorer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | expedition of Rodrigo de Bastidas ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Acla (exact location unknown) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
governor of Darién
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governor of Veragua ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | sailed to the New World in 1500 ⓘ |
| spouse | María de Peñalosa ⓘ |
| stepfather | Álvaro Núñez de Balboa ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous historical biographies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vasco Núñez de Balboa Description of subject: Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Núñez de Balboa