Complex sentence: They reached the Northern Moluccas in August and finally Ternate, the head quarters of the VOC, on September 12,1616, where they were enthusiastically welcomed by Governor-General Laurens Reael, admiral Steven Verhagen, and the governor of Ambon, Jasper Jansz.
Split into simpler sentences: They reached the Northern Moluccas in August and finally Ternate, the head quarters of the VOC, on September 12,1616. Here they were enthusiastically welcomed by Governor-General Laurens Reael, admiral Steven Verhagen, and the governor of Ambon, Jasper Jansz.