- Homonhon
Homonhon Island is an island in the province of
Eastern Samar ,Philippines , on the west side ofLeyte Gulf . It is about 20 km long.History
During the first
circumnavigation of the globe,Ferdinand Magellan 's three surviving vessels passed theMarianas , but did not land. [W.D. Brownlee (Master Mariner), 1974. "The First Ships Around the World" ISBN 0-8225-1204-1, p.44. ] , even though he was out of food, after crossing the
Pacific Ocean . After landing on Homonhon, his crew managed to gather some foodstuffs. He landed on the island of HomonhonMarch 16 ,1521 [Richard Humble, "The Voyage of Magellan", Franklin Watts [1988] ISBN 0-531-10638-1 p.20.] , when Homonhon was uninhabited. However, he was detected by the boats of Rajah Calambu of Limasawa, who guided him to Cebu, on
April 7 [Laurence Bergreen, "Over the Edge of the World : Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe" HarperCollins Publishers [2003] ISBN 0-06-621173-5
] . Thus Rajah Calambu was an ally of the Rajah of Cebu.
Montoconan, is an islet just off the northwest corner of Homonhon.
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