When the American forces invaded the country in 1898, and took it away from the rule of Castile, his remains were placed beneath a monument, upon which was carved the trite but appropriate saying:
“This narrow grave contains the remains of a man who was a lion by name, and much more so by nature.”
VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA:
DISCOVERER OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
(1475-1517)
A sob and a moan from the ocean; a voice from the swaying palm,