The '''Pacific Ocean''' is the part of the [[ocean]] between California and [[Japan]]. It was first discovered by [[Hernan Cortez]], as recorded by [[John Keats]] in ''On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,'' although later scholars believed [[Balboa]] might have sighted it sooner. | The '''Pacific Ocean''' is the part of the [[ocean]] between California and [[Japan]]. It was first discovered by [[Hernan Cortez]], as recorded by [[John Keats]] in ''On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,'' although later scholars believed [[Balboa]] might have sighted it sooner. |