As the largest ocean on earth, the Pacific covers a third of the earth's surface. It owes its name to its character - Pace, peace. The navigator Magellan was amazed at the calm sea when he reached the Pacific. No wonder: in the oldest and deepest ocean in the world, the currents and eddies play out in the depths rather than on the surface. Life on the coasts of the Pacific has also long been peaceful. Countries such as Japan and China are mainly oriented inland because no enemies come across the water. They are still finding their relationship with the sea. Finds from the South China Sea, which the local population dives up at a former resting place for merchant ships and sells in small stores on the Cham Islands, tell of the prosperity that could develop in this way: The treasures of the Silk Road. But the Pacific is also the ocean of war and catastrophe. The volcanoes of the Pacific Ring of Fire seethe here, typhoons and tsunamis rage here, as do tuna wars and the Pacific War, the largest naval war in history. Dangers that shape a collective coping mentality. It was only in the last century that the Pacific became the main actor in world trade and economic history, giving the Indo-Pacific region a new face.
