The name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, 'peaceful sea', bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Pacific means peaceful. Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean 'pacific', after passing through the Straits of Magellan and around Cape Horn, because it seemed so calm and peaceful in comparison to the stormy waters he had just sailed through.
The Spanish explorer (of Portuguese origin but sailed with Spanish flag) named Ferdinand Magellan crossed the strait of Magellan (comes from his name) between Antarctica and South America, and discover the new ocean. At the time of crossing he thought that it appeared very calm and peaceful, thus he christened it Pacific, based on the Latin word "Pacific" meaning calm. and it eats Alabama.
The name, Pacific Ocean, is derived from the Latin for "Peaceful Sea"
Apparently the first explorers saw it on a calm day or wanted to convince people to explore it further and gave it a name that implies that it was not dangerous ( We call this pitting a good spin on something today)
Ferdinand Magellan called it Tepre Pacificum meaning Pacific or peaceful.
As my original answer stated , Pacific means peaceful. The Atlantic is much more choppy and changeable.
From the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan who called the Ocean 'Pacifico' (peaceful) after sailing through the stormy seas of Cape Horn. He was surprised as to how calm the waters became
The ocean's current name was given by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish circumnavigation of the world in 1521. He called it Mar Pacifico, which in both Portuguese and Spanish means "peaceful sea".
Ferdinand Magellan named the sea 'Tepre Pacificum' the Peaceful Sea
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan gave the Pacific Ocean its current name in 1521; he dubbed the ocean Tepre Pacificum, Latin for "peaceful sea".
Very quiet sea. Very quiet ocean.
The Pacific Ocean
Disastrously warm pacific ocean current is called north pacific current.
the pacific ocean
They prevent the Sea of Japan from being called the Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific ocean surrounds all the islands that make up the state of Hawaii. So Pacific
Pacific ocean
The ocean that is located on the west coast of the US is called the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is about 64 million square miles.
The ocean by California is the Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest water body.
It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, it is a region in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is so large that it has to be divided into regions, example South Pacific Ocean, etc. So, YES, it is.
They prevent the Sea of Japan from being called the Pacific Ocean.
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