Magellan ya kira teku Pacífico (ko "Pacific" ma'ana, "lafiya") saboda, bayan tafiya ta cikin hadari na Cape Horn, balaguron ya sami ruwa mai nutsuwa. Ana kiran teku da ake kira Tekun Magellan a cikin girmama shi har zuwa karni na sha takwas. Ko da yake Magellan da kansa ya mutu a Philippines a 1521, Baƙon mai balaguro na Spain Juan Sebastián Elcano ya jagoranci ragowar balaguron zuwa Spain a cikin Tekun Indiya da kewaye Cape of Good Hope, ya kammala balaguron farko na duniya a cikin balaguro guda a 1522. A kusa da gabas da gabashin Tekun Terra Nova, tsakanin 1525 da 1527, balaguron Fotigal ya gano tsibirin Caroline da Aru, wanda ke nufin "lafiya".
Tsibirin Vancouver a Kudancin Kanada, da Alaska