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Vasco Núñez de Balboa, an Uncommon card
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, adelantado, and a pirate.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vasco Núñez de Balboa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of ______.
Answer
Hispaniola. He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola. From the Vasco Núñez de Balboa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while crossing the Isthmus of Panama in ____.
Answer
1510s. He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513. From the Vasco Núñez de Balboa article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513.
- He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola.
- He founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua del Darién in present-day Colombia in 1510, which was the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vasco Núñez de Balboa article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Vasco Núñez de Balboa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous ( Spain ) Unknown author after a 18th-century engraving, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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