Balboa Surf Club is an upscale American restaurant with a focus on fresh seafood in the heart of Uptown Houston, serving fresh salads, hearty sandwiches, hand-cut steaks & seafood, a …

Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) [a] was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, and a pirate. He is …

2 days ago · Balboa Surf Club is an upscale American restaurant in the heart of Uptown, Houston, located in Post Oak Plaza. The menu places an emphasis on fresh seafood from around the …

Nov 14, 2025 · The colonists soon deposed Enciso, Ojeda’s second in command, and elected a town council; one of its two alcaldes, or magistrates, was Balboa. With the subsequent …

Jul 5, 2022 · Balboa helped establish the town of Darién, the first permanent Spanish settlement on the American mainland. Extracting gold from Panama and instituting slavery and forced …

Dec 18, 2009 · The 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa helped establish the first stable settlement on the South American continent at Darién, on the …

Balboa Surf Club is an upscale American restaurant with a focus on fresh seafood in the heart of Uptown Houston, serving fresh salads, hearty sandwiches, hand-cut steaks & seafood, a …

Visit Balboa Surf Club in Houston, TX at 1753 Post Oak Boulevard. Open Sunday - Thursday: 11AM - 10PM and Friday & Saturday: 11AM - 11PM.

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Vasco de Balboa is credited as being the first European to set eyes on the Pacific Ocean from the New World, which paved the way for Spanish expansion.