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 named it EL Pacifico at first which is now known as the Pacific Ocean
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Christopher Columbus
Christoper Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492!
he sailed to panama. discovered and named the pacific ocean because it seemed so peaceful. he was the first European (with his crew) to see the pacific ocean
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He sailed through the strait of Magellan. Discovered by himself.
The Pequod sailed in the direction of the Pacific Ocean as it pursued the whales.
The famous Norwegian who sailed the raft Kon-Tiki was Thor Heyerdahl. Thor was an explorer and writer who sailed from South America to the Polynesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean in 1947.