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… On 28 March 1658 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship the Amersfoort, dropped anchor in Table Bay. In her … letters to the Heeren XVII, the board of directors of the VOC, begging them to supply him with ships to start a … only West African slaves to be brought to the Cape during VOC rule, with almost all of the rest of the VOC slaves …

… Nieuwe Haerlem and Schiedam, two Dutch East India Company (VOC) ships, left Batavia for Holland on 22 December 1646. The … near Table Bay on 22 March 1647, and although another VOC ship, the Elephant, tried to help, the crew of the … crew of the Haerlem suggested that the Cape be used as a VOC service station for ships travelling from Europe to the …

… Proot were required by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Directorate to compile a report on the feasibility of … Janszen and Proot in all aspects. The Directorate of the VOC approved the Remonstrantie in 1650 and a year later, in 1651, the Amsterdam chamber of the VOC sent Van Riebeeck to establish the refreshment station at …

… contract as an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). His task was to set up a refreshment station at the Cape, which could be used by VOC ships on their way to the spice-rich Far East. The …