Biography jan van riebeeck

In he volunteered to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa. The primary purpose of this way-station was to provide fresh provisions for the VOC fleets sailing between the Dutch Republic and Batavia, as deaths en route were very high. The Walvisch and the Oliphant arrived later in , having had burials at sea.

Van Riebeeck was Commander of the Cape from to ; he was charged with building a fort, with improving the natural anchorage at Table Bay, planting cereals,fruit and vegetables and obtaining livestock from the indigenous Khoi people. In the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town there is a Wild Almond hedge still surviving, that was planted on his orders as a protective barrier around the Dutch settlement.

The initial fort, named Fort de Goede Hoop 'Fort of Good Hope' was made of mud, clay and timber, and had four corners or bastions. He served here from to In Jan van Riebeeck married Maria de la Quellerie. The couple was blessed with eight children. In the mid of , he married Maria Scipio till his demise. At 58 years old, Jan named several states after himself where he later died in in Batavia.

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Biography jan van riebeeck

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Jan van Riebeeck's coat of arms, the basis of the coat of arms of Cape Town. Coat of arms of Cape Town , with the arms of Jan van Riebeeck depicted in the shield. The painting of Bartholomew Vermuyden , thought to be of van Riebeeck instead, which was used on banknotes and coins. Towns and suburbs in South Africa named after Van Riebeeck.