Excerpt from The Essential Facts of Oklahoma History and CivicsThe discoveries of Columbus not only gave Spain a claim on the New World, but they aroused the spirit of adventure and the lust for gold, traits which were exceptionally strong in the Spanish people.In 1513 Balboa, in search for gold, discovered the Pacific Ocean and laid claim to all the lands touched by it. He claimed these undiscovered lands in the name of the king of Spain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.