Cape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… of Guinea, West Africa. 1483 Diogo Cão, a navigator acting under the instruction of the Portuguese King John II, reaches … hair, and with very large tails. 1595 4 August, Four ships under Cornelis de Houtman reach São Bras. This is the first … as Commander of the refreshment station, which has, under Van Riebeeck's command, become a colony. 7 May, Van …