Overview of Cape Town: History

For thousands of years, Cape Town was inhabited by the Strandloper. Cape Town's European history began in 1652, when Jan van Riebeeck established a trading post there on behalf of the VOC. The first European settlers were mainly Dutch, with some French Huguenots that had to flee from religious persecution in their home country. Read More »

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Overview of Cape Town: History is based on Cape Town by Dave Andrew, Ryan Holliday, Kareen Tavakoli, Peter Southwood, Ikan Kekek, Inas, Lorna45, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.