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    The Balboa Peninsula (also referred to as "Balboa" or "the Peninsula") is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. It is...
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  • balboa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Balboa may refer to: Balboa 16, an American sailboat design Balboa 20, an American sailboat design Balboa 21...
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  • Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Península de Azuero, Panama Alaska Peninsula Cleveland Peninsula Kenai Peninsula Seward...
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    Lovell Beach House (category Balboa Peninsula)
    The Lovell Beach House is located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California. The building was completed in 1926 and is now recognized as one...
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    around. Robert McFadden, an early Balboa Harbor developer had established a successful fishing wharf on the Balboa Peninsula. In 1906, the Pacific Electric...
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    Iberian peninsula. Puerto Rican historian Vicente Murga Sanz states that as the squire of Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, it is possible that Juan Ponce de León fought...
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    on the Americas mainland was founded in 1510. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Martín Fernández de Enciso agreed on the site near the mouth of the Tarena River...
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    area of Balboa operated by the Hutchison Whampoa Company of Hong Kong and through several ports on the Caribbean side of the isthmus. Balboa, which is...
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    Balboa Park station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station and Muni Metro complex in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco, California...
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  • original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2008. "Power Ranger Skylar DeLeon claims he murdered for a sex change operation". The Inquisitr News. February...
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  • expedition from Santo Domingo to aid Alonso de Ojeda saw Vasco Núñez de Balboa stow away on his ship. In his work, “Suma de Geografía,” Fernández states that they...
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    "Castilla de Oro" was made official in May 1513 by King Ferdinand II of Aragon, then regent of the Crown of Castile. After Vasco Núñez de Balboa's discovery...
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    Electric street cars ran to Newport, in 1906, the line continued to Balboa Peninsula and Balboa Pavilion. In 1939 the old McFadden Wharf was removed after being...
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    along with the 70 colonists. A little later Fernández de Enciso, along with Vasco Núñez de Balboa, arrived to assist the survivors. The indigenous people...
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    achievements of Iberian explorers: Juan Ponce de León, the first European to reach Florida; Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to reach the Pacific...
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    Panama (redirect from República de Panamá)
    established a short-lived settlement in the province of Darien. Vasco Núñez de Balboa's tortuous trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1513 demonstrated that...
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    Pacific International Exposition in 1935. Both expositions were held in Balboa Park, and many of the Spanish/Baroque-style buildings that were built for...
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  • named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, including the Balboa Peninsula section of Newport Beach in Orange County and San Diego's Balboa Park. In reality, State...
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  • Conservation Area Other landmarks Balboa Bay Resort Balboa Fun Zone Balboa Inn Balboa Pavilion Balboa Pier Balboa Theater The Crab Cooker Dory Fish Market...
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    ISBN 978-0-553-80538-3 Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio. Viaje de Hernán Cortés a la Peninsula de Californias. Mexico 1963 MacNutt, F.A. Fernando Cortés and...
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    Amerigo Vespucci Vasco Núñez de Balboa Gonçalo Álvares John Cabot Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri Jacques Cartier Samuel de Champlain Gaspar Corte-Real...
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  • Ponce de León founds Caparra on San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico) 1511: Conquest of Cuba begins 1513: Ponce de León in Florida 1513: Núñez de Balboa claims...
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    escape malarial mosquito populations on the mainland. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Alonso de Ojeda explored the coast of Colombia in 1500 and 1501. They spent...
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  • America was led by the Spaniard Vasco Núñez de Balboa, which achieved the Pacific coast of Panama in 1513. Balboa claimed the Pacific Ocean for the Spanish...
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    UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 92-3-103923-7. Ciudad de Panamá, cinco siglos de historia. Ediciones Balboa. 2010. "The Gentrification of Casco Viejo, Panama...
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    was nothing to conquer, that every thing was peaceful, that Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Pedrarias's son-in-law, had conquered it". Those Spaniards from Castilla...
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    inhabited widely by Chibchan- and Chocoan-speaking peoples. Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spanish conquistador, was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean...
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    Apparel News. November 12, 2010. Liddane, Lisa (December 24, 2009). "Dean & DeLuca cancels plan to open Fashion Island store". The Orange County Register...
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    Hauptbahnhof 1998 Niki de Saint Phalle : insider, outsider world inspired art, Mingei International Museum on The Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California...
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    the Balboa Island Ferry, comprising three ferries running every five minutes, operates within Newport Harbor between Balboa Peninsula and Balboa Island...
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