How did the name for the Pacific Ocean originate?

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∙ 18y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

The Pacific Ocean from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

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