Comment by phreeza
Did Cortez really land in Darien? I thought that was the site of the ill-fated Scottish attempt at setting up a colony.
Did Cortez really land in Darien? I thought that was the site of the ill-fated Scottish attempt at setting up a colony.
I'm sick, so forgive me. But also, like, its a poem. I mean, of all the things to nitpick, the historical accuracy of poetry is probably the most banal.
It was Balboa who led the first European expedition across isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean and claimed it (yes,the whole Ocean) for Spain. Cortez to my knowledge never set foot in Panama.
The Scottish colony was much later.