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Being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, he got to name it. Then he was the first to cross it. He got to it through what are now called the Strait of Magellan, named the Magellanic Penguin as well as the Magellanic clouds.

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Magellan was a Portugese explorer who is thought to be the 1st person to sail around world via the stormy southern tip of south America.

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