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Homonhon Island is an island in the province
Provinces of the Philippines

The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces, further subdivided into Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality....
 of Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is the municipality of Borongan....
, Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, on the west side of Leyte Gulf
Leyte Gulf

Leyte Gulf is the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, at ....
. It is about 20 km long.
ng the first circumnavigation
Circumnavigation

To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights....
 of the globe
Earth

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, Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia....
's three surviving vessels passed the Marianas, but did not land., even though he was out of food, after crossing the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. After landing on Homonhon, his crew managed to gather some foodstuffs. He landed on the island of Homonhon March 16, 1521, when Homonhon was uninhabited.






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Homonhon Island is an island in the province
Provinces of the Philippines

The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces, further subdivided into Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality....
 of Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is the municipality of Borongan....
, Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, on the west side of Leyte Gulf
Leyte Gulf

Leyte Gulf is the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, at ....
. It is about 20 km long.

History

During the first circumnavigation
Circumnavigation

To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights....
 of the globe
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
, Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia....
's three surviving vessels passed the Marianas, but did not land., even though he was out of food, after crossing the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. After landing on Homonhon, his crew managed to gather some foodstuffs. He landed on the island of Homonhon March 16, 1521, when Homonhon was uninhabited. However, he was detected by the boats of Rajah Calambu of Limasawa, who guided him to Cebu
Cebu Island

Cebu is an island of the Philippines. It is the main island of Cebu Province in Visayas.It lies to the east of Negros; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol Island....
, on April 7. Thus Rajah Calambu was an ally of the Rajah
Raja

A Raja is a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya Varna in Hinduism.The word 'raja'means 'rajan' in nepali which means the supreme king.It's normally the first given name in Nepal and surname in India which isused by hindus and buddhist....
 of Cebu
Cebu Island

Cebu is an island of the Philippines. It is the main island of Cebu Province in Visayas.It lies to the east of Negros; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol Island....
.

Montoconan, is an islet just off the northwest corner of Homonhon.