António de Abreu was a Portuguese navigator and naval officer (16th century, born in Madeira). He participated under Afonso de Albuquerque in the conquest of Ormus in 1507 and Malacca in 1511, where he was injured. Leaving Malacca in November 1511 with three ships, he led the first European expedition[1] to reach of Timor, and the Banda Islands in 1512, in Indonesia, during an exploratory voyage to the 'Spice Islands' of Maluku.[2]
References
- ^ Ricklefs, M.C. (1991). A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300, 2nd Edition. London: MacMillan, p.24. ISBN 0-333-57689-6.
- ^ Hannard, Willard A. (1991). Indonesian Banda: Colonialism and its Aftermath in the Nutmeg Islands. Bandanaira: Yayasan Warisan dan Budaya Banda Naira, pp.7-8.
