Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Arru, or Aroo, a group of islands belonging to Holland and situated about 80 miles south of New Guinea. The largest of them, Tannar Besar, has a length of 77 miles and a breadth of 50 miles; the next in size, Cobron, is 69 miles long by 23 miles broad. The chief centre of trade is Dobbo, whither dealers come from Java, China, and the Moluccas to barter European goods for pearls, tortoise-shell, trepang, and bird-of-paradise feathers.