Finally, in October of 1520, we found a strait. I named it after myself, calling it the Strait of Magellan. It took 38 days to sail through the dangerous strait. We finally arrived at the ocean Balboa had discovered several years before. On December 15, my fleet landed on the coast of Brazil. On November 28, I started sailing on the “Unknown Sea.” I named it The Pacific Ocean because of its still waters. We found ourselves sailing for weeks across this ocean with no sign of land. One of the other captains deserted me and sailed the San Antonio back to Spain. In March of 1521, we arrived in Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
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