HISTORICAL SUMMARY.

b.c. 1700. Land of Punt (S.-E. Africa) conquered by the Egyptians. 1000. Solomon’s Expedition to the land of Ophir (S.-E. Africa). Coo. Voyage of Phoenician seamen (from Red Sea) round Africa. a. d. 35. Sabaean King Kharabit is in possession of the E. coast of Africa.

Portuguese Period.

i486. Discovery of the Cape (Cabo Tormentoso) by Bartholomew Diaz. 1497. Vasco da Gama sails to India by the Cape.

1505. Alvarez de Cahal occupies Sofala (East Coast).

1580. Sir Francis Drake passes the Cape on his (return) voyage round the world.

Dutch Period.

1602. Netherlands East India Company chartered.

1648. Wreck of the Haarlem in Table Bay.

1652. Arrival of expedition under Van Riebeck.

Government by the Dutch East India Company.

1657. Nine of the Company’s servants settled as “ free burghers ” at Rondebosch.

1679. Simon Van der Stell appointed Commander.

1689 | Huguenot emigration.

1709. The use of French in official communications forbidden.

1714. Returns show Capetown has 300 houses, and that whole popula­tion of settlement = free burghers, 647 men, 341 women, 900 children, employing 93 men servants, and owning 1178 male, 240 female slaves.

1779. The Franco-Dutch settlers send representatives to Holland pray­ing for reforms.

1783. Birth of Tshaka.