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pacific ocean
pacific ocean
Balboa was the first to see it
Ferdinand Magellan
Balboa
Balboa
Balboa
He was the first Europen explorer to see the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean.
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.
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
That would be the Pacific Ocean.