... tomake the voyage, and on Friday, the 3d of August, 1492, the Santa Maria (sahn'tah mah-ree'ah), the Pinta(peen'tah), and the _Ni a_ (neen'yah) set sail from Palos (pah'los), ... Lenox Library, New York.]BALBOA DISCOVERS THE PACIFIC The man who led the way to the discovery that America was notpart of Asia was Balbo&apos ;a. [6] He came to the eastern border of Panama (1510) ... with all sorts of adventures among the Indians, the four survivors, led by Cabeza de Vaca (ca-ba'tha da vah'ca), walkedacross what is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico to a little...