Question

who sailed around the earth west ward about 500years ago?

Answer 1

Ferdinand Magellan sailed around the Earth west ward to Asia from Spain when he set out in five ships in 1519.

The outcome of this journey was the discovery of the Pacific Ocean.

Reportedly, 6 years before the discovery, the Spanish explorer Vasco de Balboa had sailed across the Atlantic to Panama witnessing a large body of water from its western coast.