In 1520, Magellan reached calm Pacific waters after surviving a stormy strait, inspiring the name “Mar Pacifico” for the world’s largest ocean

In November 1520, when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan came out from the storm-tossed waters of the strait which now bears his name, he encountered a vast expanse of calm sea. According to the U.S.

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