A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 - Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr
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accidentally discovered Brazil.
In this year likewise, _Corte de Real_, a Portuguese navigator, discovered Labradore, while in search of a _north-west_ passage to India. 1502. _Fourth_, voyage of COLUMBUS, in which he discovered the continental coast, from _Honduras_ to near the Isthmus of _Darien_. 1513. _Vasco Nunez de Balboa_, descried the _Pacific Ocean_, or great _South Sea_, and waded into the waves, taking formal possession for the crown of Spain; and even embarked on that ocean in a canoe, as a more formal act of conquest. In the same year, _Florida_ was first discovered by _Ponce de Leon_, a Spanish officer. 1515. The continent of _South America_ was explored down to the _Rio de la Plata_. 1519. _Cortez_ began the conquest of _Mexico_, which he accomplished in 1521. About the same time, _Magalhaens_, usually named Magellan, explored the _Pacific Ocean_. 1526. _Pizarro_ visited the coast of _Peru_, which he invaded in 1530, and _afterwards conquered_. [1] Churchills Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. II. 479. |
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