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Pacific history
There were many important immigration activities in the Pacific region in prehistoric times. The most famous one was the Austronesian language family (specifically Polynesians) migrating from the Asian coast to Tahiti, then to Hawaii and New Zealand, and then to Easter Island.

Europeans saw the Pacific Ocean at the beginning of16th century. The first one was the Spanish navigator balboa, who had crossed the isthmus of Panama. Ez de Balboa)( 15 13) and later Magellan (15 19-1522).

The name of the Pacific Ocean comes from the Latin "Mare Pacificum", which means "a calm ocean". It was named by the Portuguese navigator Magellan who was employed by Spain. In June 5438 +0520 +654381October, Magellan led five ships to find a southwest exit (hereinafter referred to as strait of magellan) from the Atlantic Ocean and sailed west. After 38 days of stormy waves, he reached the calm sea, which he called the Pacific Ocean.