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Who claimed the Pacific?
Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa claiming the Pacific Ocean for Spain in 1513. Relations between the two men were, from the first, troubled by the distrust and jealousy of the ailing, ill-natured Pedrarias toward the younger man.
Who first reached the Pacific coast by land?
After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic.
Did Magellan discover the Pacific Ocean?
In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. En route he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean.
Who owned Southern Pacific railroad?
the Union Pacific Corporation
The Southern Pacific was acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1996. The merged firm represented the largest railroad company in the United States and controlled most of the rail-based shipping in the western two-thirds of the country.
Who was the father of the central Pacific Railway?
Leland Stanford
Collis Potter HuntingtonTheodore JudahCharles CrockerMark Hopkins Jr.
Central Pacific Railroad/Founders
Who was the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean?
In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean, and called it South Sea. In 1521, a Spanish expedition led by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan was the first known crossing of the Pacific Ocean, who then named it the “peaceful sea”.
What is the history of the Central Pacific Railroad?
See Article History. Central Pacific Railroad, American railroad company founded in 1861 by a group of California merchants known later as the “Big Four” (Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker); they are best remembered for having built part of the first American transcontinental rail line.
What was the first map to show the Pacific Ocean?
The Diogo Ribeiro map of 1529 was the first to show the Pacific at about its proper size. The Portuguese reached India in 1498, conquered Malacca in 1511 and in 1512 António de Abreu and Francisco Serrão reached the Spice Islands.
When was the Southern Pacific Company founded?
On March 17, 1884, a new Southern Pacific Company was incorporated (under a special Kentucky charter) to act as a holding company for the several operating railroads; the Central Pacific was leased to it until 1959, when they merged. Get unlimited access to all of Britannica’s trusted content.