Theme
Mapping
Events involving mapping.
Initial theme stub generated from temp/sa-history-16th-century-events.csv.
Events
1503António de Saldanha enters Table Bay1544Lourenço Marques surveys Delagoa Bay1575–1576Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo surveys the south and south-east coast1601Joris van Spilbergen anchors in Table Bay1655VOC begins systematic exploration beyond the Cape Peninsula22 October 1657Abraham Gabbema explores the Berg River region1668Hieronimus Cruse ordered to explore the south-east coast1677Cornelis Wobma surveys the west coast1683Olof Bergh conducts a second northern expedition