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Explorer Ferdinand Maggellan in 1521 was the first European to discover and sail the Pacific. The Pacific was however already suspected of being there and shown on a map (the Waldseemüller map) from 1507.

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In 1513 Balboa is the first European to see the Pacific while exploring overland. Magellan in 1522 is the first to voyage around the world so he would have sailed the Pacific. Drake was the first to enter San Francisco bay .

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Q: What man found that the Pacific lay on the other side of America?
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