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South Africa (republic) timeline
c. 600 BC
Phoenicians sail round the Cape of Good Hope and bring back the surprising news that the sun was seen to the north of them
1488
Bartolomeu Dias, sailing for the king of Portugal, becomes the first European navigator to round the Cape of Good Hope
1652
Jan van Riebeeck establishes a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope
1657
The Dutch in South Africa purchase slaves to do domestic and agricultural work
c. 1775
Dutch nomads, pressing far north from Cape Town, become known as the Trekboers
1795
With the Dutch entering the war on the side of the French, Britain seizes their valuable Cape colony in South Africa
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