Dutch Settlement

The Dutch company (Dutch East India Company) DEIC or VOC was a shipping company. They soon managed all trade from Holland to the East.

In 1647 a Dutch ship its way home from the east was wrecked at Table Bay. 60 men were stranded and to stay alive they hunted and started a vegetable garden. They also had meat and eggs.

In 1648 the Pricesse Roijael sailed into the cape to find a small settlement. The VOC realised that having a refreshment station here would be very good.

By the 1600’s the VOC were travelling to the Cape so frequently they were often stopping off at the Cape, and were doing simple trading with the Khoi.

In 1651 the VOC sent Jan van Riebeeck to set up a refreshment station in the Cape. It became a permanent refreshment station. He set up a fort and planted. avegetable garden to supply the ships with fresh vegetables.