The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world ... It was named by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, who called it Mar Pacifico, which means "Peaceful Sea".

Ferdinand Magellan ... broke through to a new ocean. Magellan named it Mar Pacifico - “quiet sea” - because it was so calm. It took a long time to cross the Pacific. When he reached Guam ...

O n March 6, 1521, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew landed in Guam in the Marianna chain of ...

Considered the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ... It was named after the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, who became the first European to discover ...