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Casa de Balboa at Balboa Park in San Diego, California

Error of Century? Balboa Park With No Statue of Balboa

Source: Times of San Diego

Historian Helen Otfield argues that a statue of Vasco Núñez de Balboa should be erected in San Diego’s Balboa Park, and she provides some history of the Spanish explorer.

This entry was posted in Coming to America and tagged Historic Figures, History, Opinion on September 1, 2015 by Anita Hacker.

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