van Riebeeck
Britishnoun
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The first colonial claim to land also occurred in this general area by Dutch settler Jan van Riebeeck in the late 17th century.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch East India Company commander and the so-called founder of Cape Town, planted the first vines on the Western Cape in 1659.
From Time ● Dec. 29, 2012
So reads the Feb. 2, 1659, entry in the diary of Jan van Riebeeck, leader of the Dutch East India Co.'s settlement at the Cape of Good Hope.
From Time Magazine Archive
Colored Historian Richard van der Ross says, only slightly in jest, that the Colored race "was born nine months after the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck," the Dutchman who founded Cape Colony in 1652.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its troubles began in 1652, when three small ships under the command of Jan van Riebeeck sailed into Table Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
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