2006-07-09 11:37:34 · 5 answers · asked by dkny 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
to settle was Jan van Riebeck
but before that Bartholemew (sp) Dias and Vasco da Gama swung by
2006-07-09 11:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by alia_vahed 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
We will probably never know the name of the first white individual there, but the first major permanent White settlement in Africa came in 1652, when a Dutch trading company, the Dutch East India Company sent one of its officials, Jan van Riebeeck, to what is now called Cape Town, to build a resupply station for company ships traveling to and from Asia. Around this station the first White settlement spread - and met the first non-Whites, tribes of Hottentots and Bushmen who were happy to trade cattle with the new settlers.
2006-07-09 19:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese sailors were traveling around africa way before dutch people started LIVING THERE!
2006-07-09 19:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I forgot his name but he was a Portuguese explorer in search of a sea route for the spice trade. Vasco de Gama maybe.
2006-07-09 21:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by namazanyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE DUTCH . THE FIRST WHITE MAN HIS NAME WAS MULLER FROM DUTCH DECENT
2006-07-09 19:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋