The famous Norwegian who sailed the raft Kon-Tiki was Thor Heyerdahl. Thor was an explorer and writer who sailed from South America to the Polynesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean in 1947.
I believe it was a Norwegian group led by Leif Erickson, who was actually of Swedish decent
Magellan was an explorer born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. He was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world. He named the Pacific Ocean Pacific. Balboa was a Spanish explorer who first sailed the Isthmus of Panama and claimed it for Spain. He was the first to see, not cross, the Pacific Ocean which at that time was called the Ocean Sea.
James Cook sailed the Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctic Oceans.
Christoper Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492!
He started in the Atlantic and sailed toward the Pacific. Started: 1519 Ended:1522
Christopher Colombus
Lewis and Clark sailed the Missouri to locate the Pacific
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
The Pequod sailed in the direction of the Pacific Ocean as it pursued the whales.
Tainui
Pacific Ocean
Jimmy Newtron
Harald Hardrada was a Norwegian who took the throne of Norway and England. He sailed from Trondheim Norway to the Island of Shetland. From Shetland he sailed to Orkney Island then to York, England.
she had sailed around the world
Magellan named the body of water he sailed into the "Pacific Ocean," which means peaceful or calm in Spanish.
pacific ocean