<Li> Lei was the name given by the Chinese to the present - day island of Luzon, originated from the Tagalog word lusong, a wooden mortar that is used to pound rice . When the Spanish produced maps of the Philippines during early 17th century, they called the island Luçonia which was later respelled as Luzonia, then Luzon . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Las islas de San Lázaro (St. Lazarus' Islands). Named by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he reached the islands of Homonhon in Samar (now Eastern Samar) on the feast day of Saint Lazarus of Bethany . </Li> <Li> Las islas de Poniente (Islands to the West). Another name from Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he learned that the Las islas de San Lázaro also included Cebu and Leyte islands . However, various sources claimed that Magellan was not the one who renamed the area, but his chroniclers instead . The name came from the fact that the islands were reached from Spain en route approaching the left part of the globe . Conversely, the Portuguese called the archipelago Ilhas do oriente (Islands to the East) because they approached the islands from the east of Portugal in late 1540s . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Las islas de San Lázaro (St. Lazarus' Islands). Named by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he reached the islands of Homonhon in Samar (now Eastern Samar) on the feast day of Saint Lazarus of Bethany . </Li> <Li> Las islas de Poniente (Islands to the West). Another name from Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he learned that the Las islas de San Lázaro also included Cebu and Leyte islands . However, various sources claimed that Magellan was not the one who renamed the area, but his chroniclers instead . The name came from the fact that the islands were reached from Spain en route approaching the left part of the globe . Conversely, the Portuguese called the archipelago Ilhas do oriente (Islands to the East) because they approached the islands from the east of Portugal in late 1540s . </Li>

Who named the country 'islas de san lazaro'