hello merbabu thanks for your reply i was going to revert too to your version i went and read the article on the banda islands and saw the references but had to leave in a hurry thank you for you compliment on the map i did loose some time with it it is still a work in progress though i see that you are a member of wikiproject indonesia maybe you could help with more precise locations for the portuguese presence in the area actual possessions and for how long areas of explorations influence and commerce trade exact locations are not easy to came by as for the reason for the split into two articles it was done by an user called you can check all the relevant discussions and participate in talk portuguese empire an exploration empire and talk portuguese empire anachronous map of the portuguese empire please do cheers