Kunyange zvazvo Magellan akafira muPhilippines muna 1521, Spanish Basque navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano akatungamira zvakasara zvekufamba kuenda kuSpain kuyambuka Indian Ocean uye kutenderera Cape of Good Hope, achipedzisa nyika yekutanga kutenderera pasi rose mune imwe nhume muna 1522. Akazotenderera kumabvazuva uye kumabvazuva kweSpice Islands, pakati pa1525 na1527, Portuguese expedition yakawana maPortuguese Islands, Caroline Islands uye Aru Islands. Magellan akadana gungwa kuti Pacífico (kana "Pacific" zvichireva, "rugare") nekuti, mushure mekufamba nemumvura ine dutu kubva kuCape Horn, expedition yakawana mvura dzakadzikama. Gungwa iri raiwanzodaidzwa kuti Gungwa reMagellan mukuremekedzwa kwake kusvika muzana ramakore regumi nemasere.
Vancouver Island kumaodzanyemba kweCanada, uye Alaska