Uyazi ukuthi kungani iPacific ibizwa kanjalo? IPacific Ocean ibizwa kanjalo ngoba, ngokungafani ne-Atlantic, amanzi ayo ahlala ezolile. "Thula" kusho ukuzola nokuzola, ngakho-ke kuthule. I-Atlantic, ngokungafani nePacific, iwumthombo weziphepho ezibhubhisayo. Lokhu kwenza kube yingozi kokubili amatilosi nabadobi. Umlando omncane Ngekhulu le-16, umhloli wamazwe uFerdinand Magellan wahamba nohambo neqembu lonke. Wasuka ngomkhumbi Spain, kwakungunyaka ka-1519. Injongo yokuthutha ngemikhumbi yayiwukuthola iziqhingi zeziqholo entshonalanga ngaleyo ndlela sizuze futhi sizuze udumo nengcebo. Into ephakathi kwezinkanyezi itholakala ezansi ne-Pacific Ocean. I-Spice Islands ingabakhiqizi abakhulu banjalo. Zisathandwa nanamuhla ngezinongo ezifana namantongomane, ama-clove nopelepele omnyama.
Usuku okwaqanjwa ngalo uLwandlekazi iPacific kwakungu-April 27, 1521. Lwaqanjwa kanjalo ngenxa yokuzola kolwandle ngaleso sikhathi. UMagellan wahamba nemikhumbi emihlanu, kodwa kwabuya owodwa kuphela. Unyaka kwakungu-1522 futhi kubasebenzi abangu-270, kwasinda abangu-18 kuphela. UMagellan wayengeyena omunye wabo, kodwa lokho akuzange kuvimbe igama lakhe ukuba likhunjulwe ngokuthi “Umhloli WasePacific.”
UMagellan namadoda akhe babekholelwa ukuthi iSpice Islands yayiseduze. Lokhu kwenzeka ngesikhathi bewela uLwandlekazi iPacific ngemva koguquko olude.
Kungani ibizwa ngokuthi iPacific Ocean? Igama elithi Pacific lihlehlela emuva ekhulwini le-16. "Pacific" isho ukuzola.
Ingakanani iPacific Ocean? I-Pacific Ocean isuka e-Arctic Ocean enyakatho iye oLwandle Oluseningizimu futhi imaphakathi ne-Asia, Australia kanye neMelika. Amaqiniso ambalwa athakazelisayo mayelana noLwandlekazi i-Pacific Ulwandlekazi i-Pacific lungolunye lwezilwandle ezinhlanu ezinkulu ezisemhlabeni Kuzo zonke izilwandle ezinhlanu, i-Pacific Ocean inkulu, indala kakhulu futhi ijulile kakhulu. Ulwandle lulinganiselwa ku-63.8 million square miles ubude. I-Pacific Ocean ingamamitha angu-35,797 ukushona. Unkulunkulu wakhe nguFerdinand Magellan. Uyiqambe ngokuthi iPacific Ocean ngoba amanzi ayengaziwa kuze kube yileso sikhathi. UMagellan wanquma ukuyibiza ngokuthi iPacific ngoba igama lisho ukuthula.
Zingaki iziqhingi ezikhona ePacific? Ezaziwa ngokuthi iziQhingi zasePacific, amanzi amaningi ayikhaya leziqhingi ezingu-26.
