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Santa María la Antigua del Darién was a settlement established in 1510 by Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco N??ez de Balboa was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World....
 on the Caribbean
Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest....
 coast of what is now Darien, between Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
 and Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.It was the first successful European settlement founded on the mainland of the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 after the voyages of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
. It was originally the village of the chief Cémaco and his people, who were driven out by Balboa. From here, Vasco Núñez de Balboa made his famous march to the Pacific ocean.

It was located in present day Colombia approximately 40 miles south of Acandí
Acandí

Acand? is a town and municipality in the Choc? Department, Colombia by the Caribbean sea....
, Colombia. After Pedrarias Dávila
Pedrarias Dávila

File:PedrariasDavila.jpgPedrarias D?vila , was a Spain colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition in the New World.He married an intimate friend of queen Isabella I of Spain and saw some service in Europe....
 founded Panama City
Panama City

Panama City is the Capital and largest city of the Panama. It has a population of 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at ....
 in 1519, Santa María la Antigua del Darién was abandoned and in 1524 was attacked and burned by the indigenous people.

Darien is a wild region located in the eastern extreme of the country bordering with Colombia on the east, Kuna Yala (San Blas) in the north, the Pacific Ocean on the south and the Province of Panama in the northwest.






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Santa María la Antigua del Darién was a settlement established in 1510 by Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco N??ez de Balboa was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World....
 on the Caribbean
Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest....
 coast of what is now Darien, between Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
 and Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.It was the first successful European settlement founded on the mainland of the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 after the voyages of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
. It was originally the village of the chief Cémaco and his people, who were driven out by Balboa. From here, Vasco Núñez de Balboa made his famous march to the Pacific ocean.

It was located in present day Colombia approximately 40 miles south of Acandí
Acandí

Acand? is a town and municipality in the Choc? Department, Colombia by the Caribbean sea....
, Colombia. After Pedrarias Dávila
Pedrarias Dávila

File:PedrariasDavila.jpgPedrarias D?vila , was a Spain colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition in the New World.He married an intimate friend of queen Isabella I of Spain and saw some service in Europe....
 founded Panama City
Panama City

Panama City is the Capital and largest city of the Panama. It has a population of 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at ....
 in 1519, Santa María la Antigua del Darién was abandoned and in 1524 was attacked and burned by the indigenous people.

Darien is a wild region located in the eastern extreme of the country bordering with Colombia on the east, Kuna Yala (San Blas) in the north, the Pacific Ocean on the south and the Province of Panama in the northwest. It was also the site of the Darién scheme
Darién scheme

The Darien scheme , was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama in the 1690s....
, a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 colonisation project.