I'm pretty sure it was Ferdinand Magellan!! (:
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Magellan led the first European expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean. He was a Spanish explorer.
The explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean after crossing the Isthmus of Panama is Vasco Núñez de Balboa. In 1513, he became the first European to see the ocean from the New World, claiming it for Spain. His expedition marked a significant moment in the Age of Exploration, as it revealed the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean to Europeans.
It was actually Balboa Caboto Magellan or Vespucci who led the first European expedition.
Magellan
In 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa led an expedition that took him across the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean. He became the first European to catch a glimpse of the Pacific Ocean. He was born in 1475 and died in 1519.
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Balboa was the first to see it
Magellan was an explorer born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. He was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world. He named the Pacific Ocean Pacific. Balboa was a Spanish explorer who first sailed the Isthmus of Panama and claimed it for Spain. He was the first to see, not cross, the Pacific Ocean which at that time was called the Ocean Sea.
He was the first Europen explorer to see the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean.