How did the Pacific Ocean get its name?

The first explorer to find a route around the Americas was Ferdinand Magellan of Portugal. In 1519, he set sail from Spain and headed south into the Atlantic. He rounded the tip of South America just over a year later. As the ocean on the continent's far side was much calmer than the Atlantic, Magellan named it the Pacific Ocean, meaning 'peaceful'.

[Magellan set out from Spain with five ships and about 240 men. Only three ships made it to the Pacific Ocean.]

[Sailing across the Pacific Ocean took for longer than expected. Magellan's men ran out of food and ate rats, leather and even sawdust!]