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the name given to Pacific Ocean by balboa is the prizza

no the answer in top is wrong its south you can figure the rest please
Balboa named it Mar del Sur (South Sea). Magellan renamed it Pacific Ocean.
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Balboa name the Pacific Ocean at the time as Mar del Sur or South Sea because he traveled south of Panama to reach the ocean. He was the first explorer to see the Pacific Ocean and claimed it, along with the shores for Spain.

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He named the pacific ocean Because he thought it was very peaceful.

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