00:23Peabody here, along with Sherman, and my incomparable invention, the Wayback Machine.
00:28Set the indicator for the year 1513.
00:30Our target is the Isthmus of Darien.
00:33Huh?
00:34We know it now as the Isthmus of Panama.
00:36Oh.
00:37And today we shall witness an earth-shaking discovery.
00:39Can you guess what it is?
00:41I sure can.
00:42The discovery of the first Panama hat.
00:44That is next week, Sherman.
00:46Today, it's the discovery of the Pacific Ocean,
00:49and we'll be in the company of that great Spanish explorer, Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
00:54The Wayback wasted little time in depositing us in a small jungle clearing,
00:58and there, ankle-deep in a mud puddle, stood Balboa.
01:02In the name of His Majesty the King, I christen you the Pacific Ocean.
01:07I beg your pardon, Senor Balboa, but you've made a mistake.
01:10Ah, the salty thing of the sea, the sound of the abalone as they fly overhead.
01:16You are standing in a puddle, Senor.
01:19The crashing of the waves and the puddle?
01:22Mud puddle, Mr. Balboa.
01:24Is this not the Pacific?
01:26I'm afraid not, sir. The Pacific Ocean is that way.
01:29Oh, muchas gracias, amigos.
01:32And with that, Balboa marched off into a pit of quicksand.
01:35This is it. This is the Pacific. I'd not descend the beach anywhere.
01:40Mr. Balboa, you're sinking.
01:42It's just the tide going out, I think.
01:46Balboa sank rapidly. If it hadn't been for the frond of a nearby palm tree,
01:49we might have had a disaster on our hands.
01:52Boy, that was some riptide.
01:55But that wasn't the Pacific.
01:56No, Lake Erie then.
01:58Uh-uh.
01:59Hudson's Bay.
02:00It was obvious that Senor Balboa needed medical attention,
02:02and so the following morning we entered Panama City
02:05and sought out the nearest eye doctor.
02:07This is all very interesting.
02:09Yes, I'm afraid they will have to come out.
02:12His eyes?
02:13Oh, no, his teeth.
02:15You see, he has an eye tooth that has 20-20 vision,
02:18but he has very little wisdom in it.
02:21What now, Mr. Peabody?
02:23Well, Sherman, history books state that Balboa discovered the Pacific,
02:26and that's the way it has to be.
02:28I'm afraid it's up to us to see that he does discover it.
02:31Within an hour, we were at the city limits.
02:33Stop, Senors.
02:35No one is allowed to leave the city.
02:37Move aside, soldier.
02:39I'm on my way to discover the Pacific.
02:41Sorry, Senor, but the governor has closed the city until the plans are found.
02:48Plans?
02:49What plans?
02:50The plans for the Panama Canal.
02:53Having no alternative, we hurried to the governor's palace.
02:55We found his eminence relaxing in a tub of hot water.
02:58In the name of his majesty the king, I christen you the Pacific.
03:02No, no, no, not yet, Balboa.
03:04I'll tell you when.
03:05Governor, we must leave Panama.
03:07No one leaves Panama until the plans are recovered.
03:10Oh, very well.
03:11Supposing I give you a new set of plans, will you let us leave then?
03:14That depends on the plans.
03:16We adjourned to a room containing a large map.
03:19I handed the governor a shovel and said,
03:21start digging here and finish there.
03:25Brilliant.
03:25A brilliant plan.
03:27But, Mr. Peabody, Theodore Roosevelt helped build the canal in 1903.
03:31Don't worry, Sherman.
03:32By the time the governor finishes digging with one shovel, Teddy will be there.
03:37Here are your passes, Senor.
03:39Unfortunately, they weren't passes to exit the city,
03:42but passes to a neighborhood movie.
03:44However, not one to look a gift governor in the mouth,
03:46we sat through a Bob Steele western and then began our journey.
03:51Three weeks later, after fighting our way through the jungle,
03:53we broke through onto the beach.
03:55Good boy. I think I smell a river.
03:57It's the ocean, Mr. Balboa, the Pacific.
03:59Now you can discover it.
04:01Now, Senor Peabody.
04:03Now, Senor Balboa.
04:05In the name of His Majesty the King, I christen you...
04:09Just a moment there.
04:10You can't discover the Pacific. I already have.
04:13Oh, my gosh. Another explorer.
04:16Sir Augustus Coney is my name.
04:19I discovered this ocean last night.
04:22You chaps are tardy, you know.
04:24Sir Augustus, if Balboa doesn't get credit for this discovery,
04:28it will ruin, literally ruin, millions of history books.
04:31I should care.
04:32Supposing I showed you where to find a piece of land
04:34that you could not only discover but could even name it after yourself.
04:38I say, that would be jolly.
04:41I drew a map, and Sir Augustus Coney parted.
04:45But what did he ever discover, Mr. Peabody?
04:47Oh, come, come, come, Sherman.
04:49You mean you've never heard of Coney Island?
04:52Coney Island.
04:54Yes, go, come, come.
04:59Yes, go, come, come.
05:01Thanks.
05:02Yes, go, 34 library?
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