Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean
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a: the Pacific Ocean was named after Ferdinand Magellan the famous explorer.
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.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan