Question
Which person was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
Which person was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Hernando de Soto
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Which person was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Hernando de Soto
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Answers
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The first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World was Vasco Núñez de Balboa. He reached the Pacific in 1513 after crossing the Isthmus of Panama.