... 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), ... 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 ( 151 0) ... part of Asia, and changed the geographical ideas of the time. [12] THE COAST OF FLORIDA EXPLORED What meantime had happened along the coast of North America?In 151 3 Ponce de Leon [13] (pon'tha...