Theme
Maritime Routes
Events involving maritime routes.
Initial theme stub generated from temp/sa-history-16th-century-events.csv.
Events
1488Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape1507Portuguese trading and naval post established on Mozambique IslandAfter March 1510Portuguese mariners reduce direct use of Table Bay after the Salt River clash18 June 1580Francis Drake rounds the Cape1590sEnglish and Dutch ships begin calling regularly at Table BayLate sixteenth centuryThe Cape becomes a recurrent provisioning node on the route to Asia4 August 1595Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches São Brás1 November 1601James Lancaster's East India Company fleet rounds the Cape1605English sailors make an early attempt to claim the Cape1619Anglo-Dutch joint settlement at the Cape is proposed1651VOC directors authorise a permanent Cape refreshment station1652Company's Garden established