The following lists events that happened during 1647 in South Africa.
Events
- The Dutch ship Nieuwe Haerlem is wrecked in Table Bay.[1][2][3]
- Nieuwe Haerlem survivor Leendert Janszen and some crew stay in Table Bay to guard cargo until a Dutch ship rescues them a year later.
- Leendert Janszen and Matthijs Proot write a feasibility report on establishing a refreshment station at the Cape.[4][5][6]
- The Nieuwe Haerlem shipwreck is later found on Blouberg's shores many years on.[7]
References
- ^ "General South African History Timeline 1600s".
- ^ "The Shipwreck That Gave Birth to South Africa". www.amusingplanet.com. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ "The Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ Werz, Bruno E. J. S. (2017-10-02). "The Wreck of the Dutch East India Company Ship Haarlem in Table Bay, 1647, and the Establishment of the 'Tavern of the Seas'". The Mariner's Mirror. 103 (4): 400–416. doi:10.1080/00253359.2017.1376479. hdl:2263/63567. ISSN 0025-3359.
- ^ "Cape Town Founded | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ admin (2014-01-11). "The Dutch in South Africa, 1652-1795 and 1802-1806". Colonial Voyage. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ "Archaeological Findings from the 1647 Haarlem Shipwreck Site".