The first group of Europeans to colonize and permanently settle around the Cape of Good Hope was

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Maci Haney

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3 April, 03:11

The first group of Europeans to colonize and permanently settle around the Cape of Good Hope was

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Kamryn Pollard · Answer 1

Although the Dutch were not the ones who discovered the cape for Europe, they were the first European permanent settlers here. A settlement was established in 1652.

Gael Schultz · Answer 2

The first community of Europeans to repopulate and settle permanently around the Robe of Faith and hope was the Dutch.

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The Netherlands was the first to repopulate and stay in 1652, under Jan Van Riebeeck, a merchant in the Dutch company East India, at Robe of Faith and hope.

A lot of small fisheries territories along the peninsula were created by Portuguese seafarers in the two decades following 1488. Jan van Riebeeck (Colonial administrator and Dutch navigator) created a victory ling depot in Robe of Faith and hope on the side of the Dutch East India Company in 1652.