Who was considered Spain’s most influential explorer in the Pacific Northwest? Vitus Bering Manuel Quimper Juan Pérez Franciso Eliza

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Spanish claims to the Pacific Northwest date to the papal bull of 1493, and the Treaty of Tordesillas signed in 1494. In 1513, this claim was reinforced by Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean, when he claimed all lands adjoining this ocean for the Spanish Crown.

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