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About Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who arrived in Cape Town in what then became the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.
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“[T]hat our prosperity may never forget God's mercies shown to us, but always keep them in grateful memory.”
“Hollanders are not a nation to rob another of its property, but desire to live in friendship with all people, and trade with them.”
“You shall also keep your fires burning if the ships are blown back by contrary winds, but if the ships are foreign or not Dutch (onduitsch) you shall at once extinguish your fire.”
“And as we are making our position stronger every day, it is to be hoped that they (Khoisan) will feel less inclined to disturb us, provided, however, that a strict watch be kept on everything and we remain on our guard in every direction, continuing with diligence at the fences and other defensive forts...”
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Jan van Riebeeck on Economy of the Netherlands
“Hollanders are not a nation to rob another of its property, but desire to live in friendship with all people, and trade with them.”
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Jan van Riebeeck on Dutch people
“Hollanders are not a nation to rob another of its property, but desire to live in friendship with all people, and trade with them.”
About Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who arrived in Cape Town in what then became the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.