Which explorer coined the Pacific Ocean's current name in 1520?
Correct answer: Ferdinand Magellan
Player #36992445
The answer is Balboa!! Magellan discovered the channel between the oceans to prove the world was round.
Mj
Player #36992445, if you didn’t know it’s part of our history Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines island in March 16 1521 🚤
Gerald &Estie Anderson
Mj, And he Died in The Philippines
Gerald &Estie Anderson
simply j, the only problem he did not live to go around the World
simply j
history my favorite sub
Player #37724608
Laura, before that many indigenous people discovered, explored the Pacific Ocean plenty of times. Balboa, Magellan are only first who loudly shouted about that, that is it
Ellija
it was march 17 1521 when Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines !
YoungAtHeart
This question can really throw you because of the double meaning of the word current.
CyanJaguar62
Player #36992445, the question says CURRENT name
Laura
Player #36992445, In 1613, Balboa called the ocean the South Sea. But in 1620, Magellan named it the Pacific.