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Who discovered the South Sea?

Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the South Sea. At the time, the Pacific Ocean was known as the South Sea.


When did Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Pacific Ocean?

He discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1521


What did Ferdinand discover?

Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America, now called the Straits of MagellanHe also discovered and named the Pacific Ocean


Who discovered the Pacific?

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific.


What did ferginand Magellan discover?

Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America, now called the Straits of MagellanHe also discovered and named the Pacific Ocean


Where do pineapples come fromWhat country does pineapples come from?

Pineapples were discovered in south America and were imported to grow around the world in the south pacific and southeast Asia.


What was the Pacific Ocean called before it was called the Pacific Ocean?

The Atlanitic.If Answers.com is going to come up on top of google seach, you have a responsibility to at least have a correct answer, or phrase a question correctly.Before the Pacific was discovered by a Spanish Conquistodor, as far Spain and Euro[ was concerned, the Pacific Ocean did not exist. For the other 3/4th of the world however, the Pacific Ocean was otherwise known by Pacific Islanders from Rapanui (Easter Island) to A'otearoa (New Zealand) as Moana Nui. Moana Nui was bustling with trade and migration between many of the islands that had been settled perhaps 2000 years ago. in 1400s, China and what is now South America (before NOT having been discovered by Columbus), had established trade.


What did balboa find?

He found the treasure sought by Spanish explorers, including gold, pearls, and other jewels. Some native Indians were willing to trade for the metal items of the Spaniards. Others were overpowered by the weapons of the conquistadores. While exploring in what is now Panama, Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, which opened the way for Spanish settlements on the western coasts of South America and Central America.


What was Colorado discovered by?

It was discovered by Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific.


The South Pacific Ocean?

The South Pacific is the Southern Hemisphere portion of the Pacific Ocean.


What did vasco nunez de Balboa exploer or discover?

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.


Is South Pacific a region or a city?

The South Pacific is an ocean.