Dutch Cape Expeditions (1600s)

Name: Dutch Cape Expeditions (1600s)
Start: 1601
End: 1610

Type Event Region Africa Time 1601–1610

In the first decades of the 17th century, VOC fleets frequently called at the Cape of Good Hope and Table Bay for fresh water, livestock, and timber …

Timeline

1601–1605Table Bay · South AfricaAround 1601, several VOC merchant ships anchored in Table Bay to resupply. Crews traded livestock and metal vessels with the Khoikhoi, while captains recorded winds, anchorages, and freshwater sources in their logs, forming an informal resupply network.
1606–1610Cape Peninsula · South AfricaIn the mid-to-late 1600s, Dutch captains successively charted Table Bay and summarized experience avoiding winter storms. Though the company kept no resident staff, it had incorporated the Cape of Good Hope into the standard eastbound resupply route, preparing for permanent colonization in the mid-17th century.

Sources

Cape Colony https://www.britannica.com/place/Cape-Colony
History of Cape Town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cape_Town