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Riebeeck – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jan van Riebeeck" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck" title="Jan van Riebeeck – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jan van Riebeeck" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="ヤン・ファン・リーベック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヤン・ファン・リーベック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Jan van Riebeeck</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg/220px-Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg/330px-Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg/440px-Jan_van_Riebeeck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="960" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrait, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1660</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Cape">Commander of the Cape</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 April 1652 – 6 May 1662</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zacharias_Wagenaer" title="Zacharias Wagenaer">Zacharias Wagenaer</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck</div><br />21 April 1619<br /><a href="/wiki/Culemborg" title="Culemborg">Culemborg</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_of_Culemborg" title="County of Culemborg">County of Culemborg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">18 January 1677<span style="display:none">(1677-01-18)</span> (aged 57)<br /><a href="/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Groote Kerk, Jakarta</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Maria_van_Riebeeck" title="Maria van Riebeeck">Maria de la Queillerie</a> </div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="28 March 1649">1649</span>; died <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="2 November 1664">1664</span>)<wbr /></div> <ul><li>Maria Isaacks Scipio<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7, including <a href="/wiki/Abraham_van_Riebeeck" title="Abraham van Riebeeck">Abraham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Johan Anthoniszoon</b> "<b>Jan</b>" <b>van Riebeeck</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677)<sup id="cite_ref-trotter-37_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trotter-37-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a Dutch navigator, ambassador and <a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">colonial administrator</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jan van Riebeeck was born in <a href="/wiki/Culemborg" title="Culemborg">Culemborg</a> on 21 April 1619, as the son of a surgeon. He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Schiedam" title="Schiedam">Schiedam</a>, where he married a 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/Maria_van_Riebeeck" title="Maria van Riebeeck">Maria de la Queillerie</a> on 28 March 1649. She died in <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a>, now part of Malaysia, on 2 November 1664, at the age of 35. The couple had eight or nine children, most of whom did not survive infancy. Their son <a href="/wiki/Abraham_van_Riebeeck" title="Abraham van Riebeeck">Abraham van Riebeeck</a>, born at the Cape, later became <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies">Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Employment_in_the_VOC">Employment in the VOC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Employment in the VOC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Joining the <i>Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie</i> (VOC) (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>) in 1639, he served in a number of posts, including that of an assistant surgeon in the <a href="/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Indies" title="East Indies">East Indies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was head of the VOC trading post in <a href="/wiki/Tonkin" title="Tonkin">Tonkin</a>, Indochina. After being dismissed from that position in 1645 due to conducting trade for his own personal account, he began to advocate a refreshment station in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a> after staying 18 days there during his return voyage. Two years later, support increased after a marooned VOC ship was able to survive in a temporary fortress. The <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company#Organisational_structure" title="Dutch East India Company">Heeren XVII</a> requested a report from Leendert Jansz and Mathys Proot, which recommended a Dutch presence.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1643, van Riebeeck travelled with <a href="/wiki/Jan_van_Elseracq" title="Jan van Elseracq">Jan van Elseracq</a> to the VOC outpost at <a href="/wiki/Dejima" title="Dejima">Dejima</a> in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. Seven years later in 1650, he proposed selling hides of South African wild animals to Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg/220px-Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg/330px-Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg/440px-Marion_Walgate_Coin_Design.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1545" data-file-height="1545" /></a><figcaption>1952 <a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_South_African_pound#Coins_of_the_Union_of_South_Africa" title="Coins of the South African pound">5 shillings</a> coin commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown, and depicting Van Riebeeck's ship, the <i>Drommedaris</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Van Riebeeck was requested by the Dutch East India Company to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa and departed from <a href="/wiki/Texel" title="Texel">Texel</a> on 24 December 1651. He landed two ships (The <i>Drommedaris</i> and <i>Goede Hoope</i>) in <a href="/wiki/Table_Bay" title="Table Bay">Table Bay</a>, at the future <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a> site on 6 April 1652, and a third ship, the <i>Reijger</i>, on 7 April 1652. He was accompanied by 82 men and 8 women, including his wife Maria.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fleet originally included five ships, but the <i>Walvis</i> and the <i>Oliphant</i> arrived late, having had 130 burials at sea.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Riebeeck commenced immediately to fortify the settlement as a way station for the VOC trade route between the Netherlands and the East Indies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The primary purpose of this way station was to provide fresh provisions for the VOC fleets sailing between the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a>, as deaths en route were very high. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander_of_the_Cape_Colony">Commander of the Cape Colony</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commander of the Cape Colony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg/400px-Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg/600px-Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg/800px-Charles_Bell_-_Jan_van_Riebeeck_se_aankoms_aan_die_Kaap.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1059" /></a><figcaption><i>Jan van Riebeeck arrives in Table Bay in April 1652</i>, painted by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Davidson_Bell" title="Charles Davidson Bell">Charles Davidson Bell</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>Van Riebeeck was Commander of the Cape from 1652 to 1662; he was charged with building a fort, with improving the natural anchorage at Table Bay, planting cereals, fruit, and vegetables, and obtaining livestock from the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Khoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoi">Khoi</a> people. In the <a href="/wiki/Kirstenbosch_National_Botanical_Garden" title="Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden">Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden</a> in Cape Town, a few <a href="/wiki/Brabejum" title="Brabejum">wild almond</a> trees still survive. The initial fort, named <a href="/wiki/Fort_de_Goede_Hoop" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort de Goede Hoop">Fort de Goede Hoop</a> ('Fort of Good Hope') was made of mud, clay, and timber, and had four corners or bastions.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fort was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Castle_of_Good_Hope" title="Castle of Good Hope">Castle of Good Hope</a>, built between 1666 and 1679 after van Riebeeck had left the Cape.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Riebeeck was joined at the Cape by a fellow Culemborger <a href="/wiki/Roelof_de_Man" title="Roelof de Man">Roelof de Man</a> (1634–1663), who arrived in January 1654 on board the ship <i>Naerden</i>. Roelof came as the colony bookkeeper and was later promoted to second-in-charge.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Riebeeck reported the first <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comet</a> discovered from South Africa, <a href="/wiki/C/1652_Y1" title="C/1652 Y1">C/1652 Y1</a>, which was spotted on 17 December 1652.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his time at the Cape, van Riebeeck oversaw a sustained, systematic effort to establish an impressive range of useful plants in the novel conditions on the Cape Peninsula – in the process changing the natural environment forever.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these, including grapes, cereals, ground nuts, potatoes, apples, and citrus, had an important and lasting influence on the societies and economies of the region. For instance, in 1659, he established a <a href="/wiki/Vineyard" title="Vineyard">vineyard</a> in the Colony to produce <a href="/wiki/Red_wine" title="Red wine">red wine</a> in order to combat <a href="/wiki/Scurvy" title="Scurvy">scurvy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Riebeeck owned the farm, Boschheuwel, which he advised the Company to buy on his departure in 1662 to grow fruit and vegetables while Rondebosch could be used as a nursery for young plants.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The daily diary entries kept throughout his time at the Cape (VOC policy) provided the basis for future exploration of the natural environment and its natural resources. Careful reading of his diaries indicates that some of his knowledge was learned from the indigenous peoples inhabiting the region.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died in Batavia (now renamed to <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>) on <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> on 18 January 1677. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_in_South_Africa">Legacy in South Africa</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy in South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg/220px-Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg/330px-Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg/440px-Jan_Van_Riebeeck_Statue_Cape_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1418" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Jan_van_Riebeeck" title="Statue of Jan van Riebeeck">Statue of Jan van Riebeeck</a> on <a href="/wiki/Adderley_Street" title="Adderley Street">Adderley Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>. Sculpted by <a href="/wiki/John_Tweed" title="John Tweed">John Tweed</a>, it was donated to the city by <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes" title="Cecil Rhodes">Cecil Rhodes</a> in 1899.</figcaption></figure> <p>Jan van Riebeeck is of immense cultural and historical significance to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, as he was in particular during the <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">Apartheid</a> era. Many <a href="/wiki/Afrikaners" title="Afrikaners">Afrikaners</a> view him as the <a href="/wiki/Founding_father" class="mw-redirect" title="Founding father">founding father</a> of their nation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, his image appeared ubiquitously on postage stamps and banknotes issued until 1994. An image used on currency notes after <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_South_Africa_(1961%E2%80%931994)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of South Africa (1961–1994)">South Africa became a republic in 1961</a> was thought to be that of van Riebeeck, but was instead of <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Vermuyden" title="Bartholomew Vermuyden">Bartholomew Vermuyden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Giliomee_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giliomee-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_South_Africa" title="Public holidays in South Africa">Van Riebeeck's Day</a>, also known as Founders' Day, used to be celebrated on 6 April; but the holiday was cancelled by the <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a> after the 1994 election. However, it is still celebrated in the community of <a href="/wiki/Orania" title="Orania">Orania</a> in South Africa (a whites-only enclave). His image no longer features on any official currency or stamps today, but statues of him and his wife remain in Adderley Street, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town" title="Coat of arms of Cape Town">coat of arms</a> of the city of Cape Town is based on the van Riebeeck family coat of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many South African towns and villages have streets named after him. <a href="/wiki/Riebeek-Kasteel" title="Riebeek-Kasteel">Riebeek-Kasteel</a> is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, situated 75 km from Cape Town in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town <a href="/wiki/Riebeek_West" title="Riebeek West">Riebeek West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Ho%C3%ABrskool_Jan_van_Riebeeck" title="Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck">Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck</a> is an Afrikaans high school in Cape Town.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jan van Riebeeck's coat of arms, the basis of the coat of arms of Cape Town"><img alt="Jan van Riebeeck's coat of arms, the basis of the coat of arms of Cape Town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg/103px-Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg/154px-Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg/206px-Jan_van_Riebeeck_Coat_of_Arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jan van Riebeeck's coat of arms, the basis of the coat of arms of Cape Town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town,_South_Africa.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Cape Town, with the arms of Jan van Riebeeck depicted in the shield"><img alt="Coat of arms of Cape Town, with the arms of Jan van Riebeeck depicted in the shield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa.png/96px-Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa.png" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa.png/144px-Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa.png/193px-Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa.png 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="619" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Town" title="Coat of arms of Cape Town">Coat of arms of Cape Town</a>, with the arms of Jan van Riebeeck depicted in the shield</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The painting of Bartholomew Vermuyden, thought to be of van Riebeeck instead, which was used on banknotes and coins"><img alt="The painting of Bartholomew Vermuyden, thought to be of van Riebeeck instead, which was used on banknotes and coins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png/92px-Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png/138px-Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png/183px-Bartholomeus_Vermuyden.png 2x" data-file-width="647" data-file-height="846" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The painting of <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Vermuyden" title="Bartholomew Vermuyden">Bartholomew Vermuyden</a>, thought to be of van Riebeeck instead, which was used on banknotes and coins</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Towns and suburbs in South Africa named after Van Riebeeck. These include: Riebeek-Kasteel, Riebeek West, Riebeek East, Riebeeckstad and Van Riebeeck Park."><img alt="Towns and suburbs in South Africa named after Van Riebeeck. These include: Riebeek-Kasteel, Riebeek West, Riebeek East, Riebeeckstad and Van Riebeeck Park." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png/120px-Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png/180px-Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png/240px-Towns_in_South_Africa_named_after_Jan_van_Riebeeck.png 2x" data-file-width="1398" data-file-height="1198" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Towns and suburbs in South Africa named after Van Riebeeck. These include: <a href="/wiki/Riebeek-Kasteel" title="Riebeek-Kasteel">Riebeek-Kasteel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riebeek_West" title="Riebeek West">Riebeek West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riebeek_East" title="Riebeek East">Riebeek East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riebeeckstad" title="Riebeeckstad">Riebeeckstad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Van_Riebeeck_Park" title="Van Riebeeck Park">Van Riebeeck Park</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ho%C3%ABrskool_Jan_van_Riebeeck" title="Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck">Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Cape_Colony" title="Dutch Cape Colony">Dutch Cape Colony</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_van_Riebeeck&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Quaelberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Borghorst" title="Jacob Borghorst">Jacob Borghorst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Hackius" title="Pieter Hackius">Pieter Hackius</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Albert_van_Breugel" title="Albert van Breugel">Albert van Breugel</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IJsbrand_Godske" title="IJsbrand Godske">IJsbrand Godske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johan_Bax_van_Herenthals" title="Johan Bax van Herenthals">Johan Bax van Herenthals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Crudop" title="Hendrik Crudop">Hendrik Crudop</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel" title="Simon van der Stel">Simon van der Stel</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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