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Standard IX
Geography
Major Oceans of the World
The Spanish e...
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The Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the first European to cross the isthmus of Panama, saw a body of water he thought was the South Sea. It was actually the ______.

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Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Gulf of Mexico
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Indian Ocean
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Caribbean Sea
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The correct option is B Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean.

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