Likely the chinese.
The Pacific Ocean was Balboa's "discovery". He saw it from Panama in 1513 and was the first European to see the Pacific from the New World.
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.
You would see the Atlantic Ocean, not the Pacific Ocean, if you were in Florida.
He was the first man from Europe to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas
Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1512. he was the first European to see the pacific ocean from its eastern shore
sadly they never saw the pacific
Vasco Núñez de Balboa who crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and saw the Pacific Ocean.
Balboa was the first to see the Pacific Ocean while traveling across the Isthmus of Panama. He saw the ocean in 1513.
The Pacific Ocean was Balboa's "discovery". He saw it from Panama in 1513 and was the first European to see the Pacific from the New World.
first European explorer to see Pacific Ocean. Saw it from a peak in Panama
In 1513, the first European to see the Pacific Ocean was Vasco Nunez de Balboa. While on a journey searching for gold, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama, reaching the Pacific Ocean.
The native peoples of the Pacific Ocean have lived there for many thousands of years. The first European to see the pacific was Balboa, when he saw it from a mountain peak in what we now call Panama.
first European explorer to see pacific ocean. Saw it from a peak in panama
pacific ocean
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.
You would see the Atlantic Ocean, not the Pacific Ocean, if you were in Florida.
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.