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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 8062887, member: 111067&quot;]From Wiki</p><p>Riebeeck was requested by the Dutch East India Company to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa and departed from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texel" rel="nofollow">Texel</a> on 24 December 1651. He landed two ships (The <i>Drommedaris</i> and <i>Goede Hoope</i>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Bay" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Bay" rel="nofollow">Table Bay</a>, at the future <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" rel="nofollow">Cape Town</a> site on 6 April 1652, and a third ship, the <i>Reijger</i>, on 7 April 1652. He was accompanied by 82 men and 8 women, including his wife of two years, Maria.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck#cite_note-:1-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck#cite_note-:1-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> The fleet originally included five ships, but the <i>Walvis</i> and the <i>Oliphant</i> arrived late, having had 130 burials at sea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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