Awakening in Africa

Abstract

A little over three centuries ago, the Portuguese Government decided to exclude Dutch ships from its refreshment stations on the route to the Indies. The Dutch Government accordingly sent an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope to found there a refreshment station for its own ships and, indeed, for any other non-Portuguese ships which cared to call there. Van Riebeeck landed at the Cape exactly three centuries ago next year.

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