"Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator, ambassador and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company. Jan...
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Jan Steyn. 33°56′01″S 18°24′30″E / 33.933665°S 18.408371°E / -33.933665; 18.408371 (Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck) The tradition of boarding at Jan van...
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Maria van Riebeeck (née de la Queillerie; 28 October 1629 – 2 November 1664) was a French Huguenot who was the first wife of Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch...
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The statue of Jan van Riebeeck stands alongside the statue of Maria van Riebeeck on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town, South Africa. Both statues stand...
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Currency 1 Rand banknote 1965 Jan van Riebeeck". "My Currency Collection: South African Currency 2 Rand banknote 1965 Jan van Riebeeck". "My Currency Collection:...
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1713. Abraham van Riebeeck was born on 18 October 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony (present-day South Africa). His father was Jan van Riebeeck, commander of...
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HMS Wessex (R78) (redirect from SAS Jan van Riebeeck)
was purchased by the South African Navy in 1950 and renamed HMSAS Jan van Riebeeck. She was placed in reserve in 1953 and continuing shortages of manpower...
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Van Riebeeck's Hedge is a hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck to mark the border of the Dutch East India Company settlement in what is now Cape...
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Commandment, and between 1691 and 1795, a Governorate of the VOC. Jan van Riebeeck established the colony as a re-supply and layover port for vessels...
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for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the VOC Cape Colony, the first...
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