| − | The '''Pacific Ocean''' is the part of the [[ocean]] between California and [[Japan]]. It was first discovered by [[Vasco Nuñez de Balboa]], not, as many believe, the [[Native Americans]]. [[John Keats]] wrongly recorded this event in his poem [[On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer]], claiming it [[Cortez]] who discovered the Ocean. | + | The '''Pacific Ocean''' is the part of the [[ocean]] between [[California]] and [[Japan]]. It was first discovered by [[Vasco Nuñez de Balboa]],{{fact}} not, as many believe, the [[Native Americans]]. [[John Keats]] wrongly recorded this event in his poem [[On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer]], claiming it [[Cortez]] who discovered the Ocean. |
| − | The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean, and one of the fabled "seven seas." [[Ferdinand Magellan]] crossed it on his voyages around the world. Scientists have calculated that it has the same volume as the moon, and may be the [[crater]] left when the moon and Earth were separated{{fact}}. | + | The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean, and one of the fabled "[[seven seas]]." [[Ferdinand Magellan]] crossed it on his voyages around the world. [[Scientist]]s have calculated that it has the same volume as the [[moon]],{{fact}} and may be the [[crater]] left when the moon and Earth were separated{{fact}}. |