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Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck a établi pour la Compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales la première implantation européenne en Afrique du Sud, proche du cap de Bonne-Espérance. Devenue la colonie du Cap en 1691, ses frontières n'ont cessé de s'agrandir jusqu'à devenir la plus grande province d'Afrique du Sud. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. avril 1619 – 18. janvier 1677
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“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...”

Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, January 1659 - May 1662, Riebeeck's Journal, H. C. V. Leibrandt, Cape Town 1897, p. 86
On the 3rd of May 1658 Jan van Riebeeck gave further instructions to the men on Robben Island.

“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.”

Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, January 1656 - December 1658, Riebeeck's Journal, H. C. V. Leibrandt, Cape Town 1897, p. 117

On the 3rd of May 1658 Jan van Riebeeck gave further instructions to the men on Robben Island;

“Be careful in always having a good beacon fire, as the signals entirely depend upon it, that the ships may enter the bay in safety.”

Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, January 1656 - December 1658, Riebeeck's Journal, H. C. V. Leibrandt, Cape Town 1897, p. 104

Jan van Riebeeck ordered the establishment of a kraal and signaling post on Robben Island. In 1658 Van Riebeeck wrote to the men stationed there.

“[T]hat our prosperity may never forget God's mercies shown to us, but always keep them in grateful memory.”

Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, December 1651 - December 1653, Riebeeck's Journal, H. C. V. Leibrandt, Cape Town 1897, p. 184

After two tough years since their arrival Jan van Riebeeck set apart the 6th of April and resolved to make it a day of thanksgiving and prayer.

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