Late Life

Balboa was charged with treason against Spain. Francisco Pizarro arrested Balboa. He was found guilty and got killed in Acla in January, 1519. He died when he was only 44 years old, but everyone remembers him for being a great Conquistador.

Balboa as a young adult

When he was a teenager he helped the knight Don Pedro de Portocarrero. In 1500 he went to the Americas on his first trip.