Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate
Page number: 253
Bacan
• the sultanate and island of that name(eng).het sultanaat en eiland van dien naam(nld).
Note: This is the correct spelling, and is found in the letter of Valentijn (Ib, p. 122); I have never observed the of van der Crab (in Naidah [van der Crab, TKI], p. 462).