How did the name Pacific Ocean come from?

There is an old story about the origin of the name Pacific Ocean. It was named after the Portuguese navigator Fernando Magellan, who led the fleet to open the way around the earth for the first time. 1565438+On September 20th, 2009, Magellan, who fled to Spain because of persecution by the government, led a Spanish fleet consisting of five ships, starting from Sanluca Port, passing through the Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands on the west coast of Africa, and crossing the Atlantic Ocean with equatorial currents and northeast trade winds. At that time, people were arguing about the theory that "the earth is round" 10 years ago, Magellan led a fleet to bypass the Cape of Good Hope, cross the Indian Ocean, cross the Straits of Malacca and reach Mindanao in the Philippines. This time, Magellan explored the voyage from the opposite direction to the Far East. This is a route that no one has ever sailed, and the difficulty is indescribable. "Victoria" hit the rocks and "Santiago" sank. After repeated experiments, Magellan finally found a promising channel in June1520+1October 2 1. But the climate here is very bad. They struggled with the wind and waves for 28 days and endured an unbearable voyage of more than 5 10 kilometers before breaking out of this channel named "strait of magellan" by later generations. Passing through strait of magellan, the vast sea is boundless and calm, and the bright sunshine reflects the sky, which is colorful and peaceful. Magellan had mixed feelings, so he marked the ocean in front of him as "Pacific Ocean" on the chart. Coincidentally, during the three months of sailing in the Pacific Ocean, we didn't encounter any storms or huge waves once, and we had a pleasant trip. Finally, on March 28th, 152 1, the fleet arrived in Mindanao, Philippines, and the name of "Pacific Ocean" was recognized by the world.