Jan van Riebeeck
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Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck was a Dutch merchant and colonial administrator who served as the first Commander of the Cape from 1652 to 1662.
c. 1660 portrait of Van Riebeeck
1952 5 shillings coin commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Cape Town, and depicting Van Riebeeck's ship, the Drommedaris
Jan van Riebeeck arrives in Table Bay in April 1652, painted by Charles Davidson Bell
Statue of Jan van Riebeeck on Adderley Street in Cape Town. Sculpted by John Tweed, it was donated to the city by Cecil Rhodes in 1899.
Dutch Cape Colony
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The Dutch Cape Colony, officially known as the Cape of Good Hope Waystation, was a colony of the Dutch East India Company and Batavian Republic in Southern Africa. Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, f
Jan van Riebeeck
…Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch merchant and colonial administrator who served as the first Commander of the Cape from 1652 to 1662. Jan van Riebeeck was born in Culemborg on 21 April 1619, the son of a surgeon. He grew up in Schiedam, where he married a 19-year-old…
View of Table Bay with ships of the United East India Company (VOC), c. 1763
Meeting between Governor Janssens and the Xhosa chief Gaika in 1803