... 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 not part of Asia was Balbo&apos ;a. [6] He came to the eastern border of Panama (1510) ... greatwork was training seamen. Many men afterward famous as discoverers and navigators, as Dias (dee'ahss), DaGama (dah gah'ma), Cabral (ca-brahl'), Magellan, and Columbus, served...