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The southern sky over the Indonesian archipelagos first received attention by a European through the publication of a star catalogue in 1605 by the Dutch explorer Frederick de Houtman. He was the brother of Cornelis de Houtman, who later became a high official in the Dutch East Indies Company and the Governor of the islands of Maluku (Moluccas). The voyage of de Houtman was known as the eerste schipvaart (the first voyage).
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Hidayat, B. (2000). Indo-Malay Astronomy. In: Selin, H., Xiaochun, S. (eds) Astronomy Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4179-6_12
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