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Both Balboa and Córdoba were deputies of the Spanish governor in Panama, Pedro Arias Da\?
Parasailing is a new and trendy sport; you can try it at the Balboa Pavilion.
Some countries name their currency to honor people famous in their history: bolivar (Venezuela) for the liberator of South America, Simón Bolívar; sucre (Ecuador) for Antonio José de Sucre, chief lieutenant of Bolívar and liberator of what is now Ecuador at the battle of Pichincha in 1822 near Quito; colón (Costa Rica, El Salvador) for Christopher Columbus; balboa (Panama) for Vasco Núñez de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; lempira (Honduras) for the 16th-century Indian chief who is a national symbol of liberty and valor for resisting the Spanish advance; and córdoba (Nicaragua) for Francisco Hernández de Cór doba, first acting governor.
This said quietly, reverentially, as if she were Balboa discovering the Pacific.
If you are happier to leave the seamanship to someone else, then take a harbor cruise at Marina del Rey, San Pedro, or the Balboa Peninsula.