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Chart mapping part of the route taken by Schouten and Le Maire
Map of Ambon
Map of Ambon and environs
Map of Boero, Ambon and part of Ceram
Map of Boeroe
Map of Boeroe, Moluccas
Map of Celebes, the Moluccas and the Philippines
Map of Ceram, Ambon and the Banda islands
Map of Ceram, Ambon and the Banda islands
Map of Groot Ceram, that is, the Moluccas
Map of Indonesia and the Philippines
Map of Manipa, Bouro and the west coast of Ceram
Map of New Guinea and Gilolo
Map of the Ambon district
Map of the eastern part of Seram
Map of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Indonesian archipelago
Map of the island of Boero
Map of the island of Bouro
Map of the island of Ceram
Map of the lake on Buru
Map of the Moluccas
Map of the Moluccas
Map of the north coast of New Guinea
Map of the Pacific Ocean, from Malacca to Japan
Map of the southeastern part of the Banda islands
Map of the southern part of Celebes, Ceram and Timor
Map of the world
Map showing several Moluccan islands and a view of Seram

The biggest part of the Moluccan islands of Buru and Ceram fell outside the sphere of influence of the Company. On the island of Buru the Company maintained a fort on the Bay of Kajeli, in the north east of the island. After a series of conflicts between the VOC and the population of Buru the Company built a fort by the name of Mandarsjah in 1658. In 1662 it was replaced by the redoubt of Costburg, renamed Oostburg three years later. This redoubt burned down in 1688 as the result of an explosion and subsequently a new wooden fort named Defensie was built there. This fort was built on a square base with four half bastions, two of which with watchtowers. Buru supplied the VOC with carpentry and firewood.