Wits Historical Papers: Note of possession taken at Saldanha Bay, 3 July 1620

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University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive, Earl George Macartney fonds A735, “Note of possession, taken of the Bay of Saldanha by Andrew Shillinge and Humphrey Fitzherbert 3rd July A.D. 1620.” The catalogue states that the note was extracted from East India Company records by James Cobb in December 1796.

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3 July 1620English East India Company commanders claim Table Bay for King James I