How did balboa’s discovery affect european exploration? it discouraged explorers from searching for a northwest passage to the east indies. it encouraged explorers to seek a direct sea route to the pacific and the east indies. it challenged explorers to find a shorter route past the cape of good hope to india.

The correct answer is C) it encouraged explores to seek a direct sea route to the Pacific and the East Indies.

The Balboa’s Discovery affected European exploration because it encouraged explores to seek a direct sea route to the Pacific and the East Indies.  

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish explorer and Conqueror that arrived at the new continent in 1510, at Uraba, nowadays Colombia. Then, he led an expedition and sailed to the coast of Darien, in Central America, where nowadays is Panama. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean in 1513. The discovery opened the doors for new explorations. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa explorations encouraged European explores to seek a direct sea route to the Pacific and the East Indies.  

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