Picture No | 10216311 |
Date | 1927 |
Description | van Riebeek Landing at the Cape of Good Hope 1652 |
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Johann van Riebeek landing at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. Van Riebeek arrived at the Cape with three Dutch East India Company ships and orders to establish a temporary revictualling station. He was so successful that the temporary presence turned into the city of Cape Town.
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Source | Illustration by C. E. Turner in the Illustrated London News, 8th October 1927 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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