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tucho58 | 14:24 Fri 29th Oct 2004 | History
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean and who named it (in case it was a different explorer)

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First European to see the Pacific was Balboa, but Magellan named it Mar el pacifico, the peaceful sea, because it was so calm (presumably by comparison with the stormy Cape Horn)
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