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Arrival at Table Bay

Name: Arrival at Table Bay
Start: 1652-04-06
End: 1652-04-07
Location: Table Bay

When: 6–7 April 1652
Where: Table Bay
Part of: Establishment of the Dutch East India Company Resupply Camp at the Cape of Good Hope

Van Riebeeck and his crew landed at the future Cape Town site in early April 1652.

Two ships, The Drommedaris and Goede Hoope, landed in Table Bay on 6 April 1652. A third ship, the Reijger, arrived on 7 April, completing the initial deployment of the resupply party.

Sources

Jan van Riebeeck Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14

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