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How did the Pacific Ocean get named?
Pacific means peaceful or quiet. The Pacific Ocean was named by Ferdinand Magellan. It took him three months to sail through the peaceful calm waters, which was why he called it the Pacific Ocean.
Who named the pacific ocean as such because is was so peaceful?
Ferdinand Magellan
Why is the Pacific Ocean called pacific ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan named the sea 'Tepre Pacificum' the Peaceful Sea
Why did Magellan's call the large ocean he entered the pacific?
Pacifica means peaceful. He thought the waters were peaceful
Why did Magellan call the large ocean he entered the ''pacific''?
Pacifica means peaceful. He thought the waters were peaceful
Why did they name the pacific ocean that name?
"Pacific" is from "peaceful". Ferdinand Magellan named in "Mar Pacifico" - Peaceful Sea.
What ocean did Ferdinand Magellan find?
i think he named it the "Pacific Ocean" , or because it was calm and peaceful. Idk what ocean he FOUND though .
Why was the Pacific Ocean so called?
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.
How did the name for the Pacific Ocean originate?
The Pacific Ocean from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Who gave the Pacific Ocean it and name?
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".
The Pacific Ocean's name come from the Latin word 'Mare Pacificum' meaning?
The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan who found the ocean saw it as very peaceful, or pacifique, which means peaceful in french. The name stuck, and the word ocean...well figure it out. Hope I could help!!!:):) P.S. latin has nothing to do with it!!:):P:D;) it means "The Sea that makes Peace". which is very similar to what Magellan called it and much more poetic than what Vasco Núñez de Balboa named it when he discovered it.
Why did Ferdinand Magellan name the Pacific ocean the Pacific?
Pacific means peaceful and when he saw it, it was calm compared to other bodies of oceans he crossed and it had very small waves.
