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Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck | |
|---|---|
 Portrait, c. 1660 | |
| 1st Commander of the Cape | |
| In office 7 April 1652 – 6 May 1662 | |
| Succeeded by | Zacharias Wagenaer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck 21 April 1619 Culemborg, County of Culemborg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 18 January 1677 (aged 57) Batavia, Dutch East Indies |
| Resting place | Groote Kerk, Jakarta |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 7, including Abraham |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck[a] (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677)[2] was a Dutch navigator, ambassador and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company.[3][4]
- ^ van Ledden, Willem-Pieter (2005). Jan van Riebeeck tussen wal en schip: een onderzoek naar de beeldvorming over Jan van Riebeeck in Nederland en Zuid-Afrika omstreeks 1900, 1950 en 2000. Hilversum: Verloren. p. 27. ISBN 9789065508577.
- ^ Trotter, Alys Fane Keatinge (1903). Old cape Colony : a chronicle of her men and houses from 1652 to 1806. London : Selwyn & Blount. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Chicago, 1990, Macropaedia, vol.15, p.570.
- ^ Dawson, William Harbutt, South Africa, London, 1925, p.216.
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