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	Homonhon Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Homonhon Island is an island of the Philippines.
		Magellan's three surviving vessels passed the Marianas, but did not land, even though he was out of food, after crossing the Pacific Ocean.
		He landed on the island of Homonhon March 16, 1521, when Homonhon was uninhabited.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homonhon_Island (113 words)

	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.
		The gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, which is separated from Leyte on the west by the narrow San Juanico Strait[?], and on the south by Mindanao, separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait[?].
		Dinagat Island[?] partly encloses the gulf to the southeast, and the small Homonhon Island[?] (notable as the first landfall of Ferdinand Magellan after crossing the Pacific), sits astride the eastern entrance to the gulf.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Leyte_Gulf.html (150 words)

	GlobalPinoy, Travel - Eastern Samar
		The province of Eastern Samar lies on the eastern portion of Samar island.
		The eastern and northern part of Samar was called Ibabao and the town of Borongan became the center of trade and military shaft of the Spaniards in the Pacific region.
		The Kantican Island is rich in marine life, a white coral beach with cultured pearl farm.
	www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/esamar.php (562 words)

	Our Country PHILIPPINES
		Cebu is a long narrow island separated by narrow straits from Negros Island in the west and Bohol to the southeast.
		The province of Palawan groups 1,768 islands, roughly a fourth of the Philippines' total in a chain stretching from the northeast to the southwest.
		Reefs and smaller islands ring the oval-shaped island to the north and west, where the sea is shallow.
	fcrspaltalk.tripod.com /id12.html (3406 words)

	Whatever happened to Magellan's Rock?
		A concrete monument with a bronze plaque was erected on higher ground behind the rock with the inscription during this trip.
		A Possible Landmark in Homonhon Island,'' published in 1997 by the Academia de Marinha in Lisbon, Portugal.
		Blot admitted his field notes about the Homonhon rock inscription were done halfheartedly, and clouded by a hazy conviction that this piece of evidence was probably a fraud or a hoax.
	www.geocities.com /rolborr/magellanrock.html (1679 words)

	PhilCentral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Eastern Samar had been a significant backdrop of the country’s rich colonial history through the island of Homonhon, where Ferdinand Magellan first set foot on Philippine soil in 1521 on his way to conquer the Philippines for the western world.
		Its tiny island of Suluan Guiuan was likewise where the U.S. Army rangers had their first encounter of the Philippine territory in 1944, three days before General Douglas MacArthur made his historic landing in Leyte.
		Historians have since described this part of Samar Island as the “eastern gateway to the Philippines.” The coast of the small province faces the Pacific Ocean and much of the land is rugged with the vast parts forested.
	www.philcentral.com /7028/15332.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (607 words)

	Untitled
		It was on March 17, 1521 when the voyagers landed on a small island in the Philippines (Homonhon Island in Leyte Gulf), a considerable distance from their target destination.
		Magellan and his men were received and welcomed by the natives, a sign that the inhabitants of the archipelago were used to foreigners arriving on their shores.
		Magellan was slain in Cebu island when he tried to force Lapulapu, the chief of Mactan, to submit to Spanish sovereignty.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/7416/44540 (549 words)

	Eastern Samar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Since that account, historians have described this part of Samar Island as the “eastern gateway to the Philippines” the coast of this small province faces the Pacific Ocean and much of the land is rugged with the vast parts forested.
		On March 16, 1521, Magellan first set foot on Philippine soil on the island of Homonhon on his way to rediscover the Philippines for the western world.
		The eastern part of the island was known as Ibabao and distinct from Samar which was the name of the western part.
	www.evis.net.ph /infocenter/attractions/Eastern-samar.htm (549 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Eastern Samar
		Homonhon Island, south of the island of Samar, was his first landfall.
		The eastern coast was relatively left unharmed by the Moro raids that plagued the western coast but settlements remained small and communication with the rest of the island was restricted.
		The Landing of Magellan in the island of Homonhon four centuries ago, is immortalized by the people of Eastern Samar.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/esamar.htm (1131 words)

	Homonhon Island -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Homonhon Island is an island of the (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946) Philippines.
		However, he was detected by the boats of Rajah Calambu of (Click link for more info and facts about Limasawa) Limasawa, who guided him to (One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor) Cebu, on April 7.
		Thus Rajah Calambu was an ally of the (Type genus of the family Rajidae) Rajah of Cebu.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ho/homonhon_island.htm (124 words)

	Cebu Philippines Information
		The island offers fine beaches and scuba diving and it is the Philippines' shipping crossroad located at the center of the archipelago.
		In contrast to the bustling metropolis, the rest of Cebu's 167 islets and islands are lined with idyllic white sandy beaches and pristine clear waters.
		When Magellan came upon the island of Homonhon in 1521, he claimed these islands in the name of king Philip II of Spain and named them Felipinas, the Philippines.
	www.thedavisplace.com /cebu/information.htm (730 words)

	Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Homonhon, in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, about 65 kilometers northwest of Manila, is marked in Philippine history.
		In a Department of Tourism brochure, Homonhon is described as a beautiful haven, where “white corals can be found around the island, where much of the land is rugged and vast parts are covered with forests.
		Alejandro Galo, a parish priest of the nearby Manicani island who did a study on the forest fire, there are different versions of fire that razed the mountains of Homonhon in the 1980s and that HRMC had denied the allegation that it started the fire.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/4-39/4-39-homonhon.html (1740 words)

	Fil-Am Assoc of Carson FILIPINO PROUD
		Only about 500 of the islands are larger than a square kilometer and 2,500 of them are not even named.
		The nearby islands of Mindoro and Marinduque are generally included with Luzon.
		The Spaniard Ferdinand Magellan sighted Homonhon Island in the Western Visayas less than a generation after Vasco da Gama's breakthrough to southwestern India in 1498.
	www.fil-am-carsoncity.org /FilipinoProud.htm (714 words)

	Eastern Samar
		On October 17, 1944, rangers of the U.S. Army landed on the tiny island of Suluan, Guiuan and had their first encounter on territory three days before Gen. Douglas Macarthur landed on the beaches of Leyte.
		Earliest known chronicles reveal that further contact with Western civilization aside from the Magellan landing occurred as early as 1596 when Jesuit missionaries worked their way from the western coast of the island of Samar and established mission centers and established mission centers in what is now as Eastern Sam territory.
		The largest island is Homonhon in Guiuan with approximate land area of 105 sq.
	darfu8.tripod.com /rp_easternsamar.htm (944 words)

	The Diocese of Calbayog
		Samar was once one island province comprising one political unit, the whole island being the third largest in the archipelago.
		The Island of Samar is bounded on the north by San Bernardino Strait, on the west by the Samar Sea and San Juanico Strait, on the south by Leyte Gulf, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		On April 10, 1910, Pope Pius X separated the island provinces of Samar and Leyte form the Diocese of Cebu, and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both island provinces.
	www.cbcponline.net /calbayog (498 words)

	Cockatoo Database Philippines / island / Samar
		Samar is the third largest and one of the least densely populated islands of the Philippine archipelago.
		As the Philippine state is rather interested in quelling rebellion in economically important provinces and islands, NPA control in the depressed areas of Samar is said not to be challenged much by the Philippine military.
		On Homonhon island southeast of Samar, the Spanish explorers led by Ferdinand Magellan had their first Philippine landfall on March 17, 1521.
	www.cockatoo.com /english/philippines/philippines_islands_samar.htm (475 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In his earnest quest for the famed Spice Islands (Moluccas), the Spanish navigator traversed the Cape Verde Island of Brazil in the course of his two-year long and arduous voyage.
		March 29, 1521 marked Magellan's discovery of Limasawa Island in Leyte where the first Christian mass was held.
		However, the settlement which Legaspi built as another symbol of Christianity in the island stood as an omen; portending decades of Spanish colonial regime.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=history&province=40 (1160 words)

	tfdp.org \| PHRU - A Tale of Two Villages: People Deprived of the Right to Means of Subsistence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Manicani Island is the second largest island in the town of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
		It is lying south-easterly of Samar Island in the Visayas and is composed of four coastal barangays namely: Banaag, Buenavista, Hamorawon and San Jose.
		In September 1994, the island of Manicani was included within the 60,448 hectare Guiuan Protected landscape/Seascape Project declared by President Ramos.
	www.tfdp.org /publications/phru/vol14no3/2villages.htm (649 words)

	Stories - Unknown Author The Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Philippines is divided into three major island groupings-Luzon in the north, Mindanao in the south, and in between, the Visayas, Metro Manila, in Luzon, is the seat of government, and the heart of the country's business, economic, social and cultural activity.
		Mindanao, the second largest island of the Philippines, is a land of towering mosques and malong-clad women, where boldly-striped vintas ply the waters between houses perched precariously on stilts.
		Across the strait due east from the mainland is Samal, an unspoiled island ringed with secluded coves of white sand.
	www.pim4all.com /Stories/unknownThePHILIPPINES_00.htm (2842 words)

	The Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rather, it began in the 13th century, when 10 datus from Borneo, each with a hundred of his kinsmen, landed in what is now known as Panay Island in the Visayas.
		The intrepid Magellan was dubbed the "discoverer" of the Philippines after he landed upon the island of Homonhon, near Samar, on March 17, 1521, he then claimed these islands in the name of King Philip II of Spain and named them Felipinas, the Philippines.
		He was later killed in Mactan Island of Cebu in a clash with native warriors led by a chieftain named Lapu-lapu.
	www.bohol.net /phillipi.htm (138 words)

	COMMENTARIES
		At Homonhon Island he and the native visitors had had no single word in common, and he had undoubtedly supposed that the same would be true here.
		In his writings, Magellan clearly seems to think that the islands of the Lequios and the Biblical "Tarsis and Ofir," were to be found at the latitudes he purposely steered towards.
		In fact, the official charter of the voyage states that one of the goals was Tarsis and Ofir.
	firstcircumnavigator.tripod.com /enrique1.htm (2262 words)

	USS Willmarth
		Underway again off Homonhon Island early the next morning, the destroyer escort received a report of enemy aircraft orbitting over the northern transport area.
		Willmarth shifted to Samar Island shortly before 1700 before going to general quarters at 1706 upon receipt of a "flash red." After waiting for well over an hour for the enemy to make an appearance, the convoy stopped and prepared to anchor for the night.
		Meanwhile, since she was not needed for bombardment, Willmarth patrolled to the northward of the invasion beach and came across canoes full of natives to the north.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/DE/Willmarth.html (3551 words)

	Ferdinand Magellan
		On November 20, the equator was crossed; on December 6, the crew sighted Brazil.
		On March 6, they reached the Marianas and on March 16, the island of Homonhon in the Philippines, with 150 crewmen left.
		Twenty crewmen died of starvation before Elcano put in to the Cape Verde Islands, a Portuguese holding, where he abandoned 13 more crewmen July 9 in fear of losing his cargo of 26 tons of spices (cloves and cinnamon).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/f/fe/ferdinand_magellan.html (2321 words)

	Admiral W. S. Benson
		Drydocked at Terminal Island for repairs and the replacement of a damaged starboard screw, Admiral W. Benson eventually left the repair yard on 11 May and shifted to a pier where she loaded stores and provisions for her next voyage.
		Arriving off Homonhon Island on the afternoon of the 30th to await routing instructions, Admiral W. Benson got underway in convoy at noon the following day, escorted by the destroyer escort Edwin A.
		During 1951, General Daniel I. Sultan conducted nine voyages between San Francisco, the Hawaiian Islands, Marshalls, Guam and the Philippines; she maintained regular service to Far Eastern and Pacific ports—in Japan, Okinawa, Guam, Formosa and the Philippines—into the mid-1960's.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a3/admiral_w_s_benson.htm (2481 words)

	The Diocese of Maasin
		The province of Southern Leyte is located in the southeastern portion of the island of Leyte.
		And the small island of Limasawa off its southern coast is historically significant as the place where Magellan landed, after having sailed from the island of Homonhon in Samar, to celebrate the first Catholic mass in the Philippines.
		Until 1960, the island of Limasawa belonged to the island province of Leyte.
	www.cbcponline.net /maasin (707 words)

	Travel guide / Philippines / Chronicles
		He names the islands the Philippines in honor of the son of King Charles I, Philip II (1556-1598) of Spain.
		But because of the scarcity of food, the expedition is forced to leave the place and sails to the Moluccas where Villalobos dies.
		The Island of Cebu is surrendered to Legaspi by its ruler King Tupas.
	www.cockatoo.com /english/philippines/philippines_chronicles.htm (1247 words)

	Gorgeous Guiuan ... - Dec. 11, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		FILIPINOS know as early as grade school that the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan who conducted his explorations under the crown of Spain landed on Homonhon Island on March 16, 1521.
		But not many history teachers bother to teach the children that Homonhon is part of Guiuan, the southernmost municipality of Eastern Samar that commands a magnificent view of the mighty Pacific Ocean.
		The altar's silver inlay was stolen in the late 1980s along with the monstrance, a vessel that holds the consecrated host when exposed to the public.
	www.inq7.net /gbl/2002/dec/11/text/gbl_5-1-p.htm (941 words)

	enrique
		The island nation around the Spice Islands in Southeast Asia was what this fated young boy called home.
		Originally named Trapobana, the young boy had traveled from his home island in the Malay northeastern Archipelago to Malaca (near the present day Singapore) Quick and intelligent, he became remarkably familiar with the region and learned the local language in addition to his native dialect.
		This was the beginning of the islands' near four-century occupation by foreigners, an occupation that ended only 100 years ago.
	firstcircumnavigator.tripod.com /enrique.htm (6450 words)

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