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.
Because when first sailing into the ocean, it seemed peaceful.
Because of its calm waters
Magellan name d the Pacific Ocean.
well people say that he gave the pacific ocean its name by the calm waters!
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that sailed around the Earth (1519-1522). Magellan also named the Pacific Ocean (the name means that it is a calm, peaceful ocean).
His Portuguese name is commonly spelled Fernao de Magalhaes. The a in Fernao has a tilde above it, as the a in haes.It is also spelled Fernam de Magalhaens or Magalhains, all of which would capture the sound of his name as Portuguese would create the sound.
On Mactan Island, in the Philippines
the pacific ocean no chiz
Ferdinand Magellan
"Pacific" is from "peaceful". Ferdinand Magellan named in "Mar Pacifico" - Peaceful Sea.
The Pacific Ocean from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Magellan name d the Pacific Ocean.
Ferdinand Magellan
well people say that he gave the pacific ocean its name by the calm waters!
meggelan strait
Magellan
The name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, 'peaceful sea', bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.Pacific means peaceful. Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean 'pacific', after passing through the Straits of Magellan and around Cape Horn, because it seemed so calm and peaceful in comparison to the stormy waters he had just sailed through.
Ferdinand Magellan named it because it looked so calm, and Pacific means calm.
Ferdinand Magellan