THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GUINEA. az 
Island. Here, then, I suppose Abreu to have arrived. The 
southern outlet of the strait is in about 8° 20’S., and because 
this is a higher latitude than that indicated by Galvano, as well 
as for another reason which I shall adduce later on, I am inclined 
to think that Abreu did not pass through the strait, but that he 
only proceeded to a point about 15 miles within the entrance, 
that is, to about 7° 36’ 8. At this point he would have pro- 
ceeded far enough to ascertain that he was in a strait or deep inlet, 
not in the estuary of a river. As to the value of his discovery 
from an Australian standpoint, that may be roughly indicated by 
recalling the fact that in Dourga Strait Abreu was within 320 
miles of Cape York, or 50 miles nearer to Australia than Columbus 
was to America when he discovered San Salvador in his first 
voyage. 
At New Guinea (a name which only appears at a subsequent 
period) Abreu had accomplished a course of more than 500 
leagues, but from what point Galvano does not definitely state. 
The distance from Dourga Strait to their halting-place at Gresik 
would be about 500 leagues or 2,000 miles. 
From the New Guinea coast Abreu directed his course towards 
Banda, and passed to the north of the volcanic island of Gounong 
Api—a name which, with the usual uncertainty of the Portuguese 
about native names, is corrupted by Galvano or his editor into 
“Guamape.” Banda, however, is left behind for the present, and 
the ships continue their course to Bourn. This island should have 
been the point of departure for Ternate had Abreu been desirous 
of proceeding to the Moluccas proper, but instead of doing so he 
retraces his course in order to visit Amboyna, then “‘coasted along a 
coast there which is called that of Muar d’ Amboyna,” apparently 
Ceram, the western peninsula of which, Hoewamo, was sometimes 
called ‘“ Batochina de Muar.” About 10 miles west of the narrow 
passage of Kebba Kebba, between Kefting and Ceram, there is a 
round bight with a high cliff on the east side of it, on which 
stood the village of Guliguli, whilst at the bottom of the cliff lay 
the associated hamlet of Keliwalanga. In this harbour Abreu 
anchored. 
Valentijn tells us that the people of this part of Ceram were 
more like Macassar men than like the other Ceramese, but he is 
probably referring to settlers from Celebes, who came here at a 
later period than that of the visit of Abreu. This part of Ceram 
became a great trading centre for the Bugis, and they, as well as 
the people of Goram and Ceram Laut, made voyages to Onin, in 
the west of New Guinea, in search of massoi bark, wild nutmegs, 
and boxes of native manufacture ornamented with shell-work. In 
the seventeenth century the inhabitants of Guliguli made them- 
selves obnoxious to the Dutch by their smuggling practices, and 
could not be persuaded to obtain permits to carry on their old 
