It was actually Balboa Caboto Magellan or Vespucci who led the first European expedition.
Magellan led the first European expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Magellan led the first European expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.
The Portuguese Fernao de Magalhaes.
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Magellan led the first European expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.
The first 'Europeans' to enter the Pacific Ocean from the east were Magellan and the other members of his expedition, by way of The Straits of Magellan which separate South America from Cape Horn. Other Europeans undoubtedly saw the Pacific earlier, after traveling from the west, including overland through China.
Pizarro's first expedition was to the colony of Tierra Firme (present-day Panama) in 1513. He participated in the expedition led by Vasco NΓΊΓ±ez de Balboa, which resulted in the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Europeans.
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Together they opened the Pacific Ocean for Spanish exploration and Control.Magellan organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth.Vespucci first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially thought.Balboa is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Balboa stated that he led the first European expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean. Caboto stated that he is the English king that sent me on an expedition to the Indies, to help England compete for land and wealth.
Vasco NΓΊΓ±ez de Balboa explored the Isthmus of Panama and is credited with the European discovery of the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Balboa's expedition led to the first European sighting of the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Magellan's expedition of 1519-1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean the passage being made via the Strait of Magellan, and the first to cross the Pacific from Wikipedia
He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean on the coast of the Americans. Some Europeans had earlier seen the Pacific Ocean while in Asia.
The Portuguese Fernao de Magalhaes.
It was actually Balboa Caboto Magellan or Vespucci who led the first European expedition.