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Table Mountain - South Africa

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Bowman, Brandt, Kotze, Roeij and 2 others

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Jan Kotze, b4 (c.1705 - d.)
Name Jan Cortze* Event Type Baptism* Event Date 06 Sep 1706* Event Place Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa* Father's Name Jan Cortze* Mother's Name Hendrina Hoeting* CITING THIS RECORD* * "Sou...
Thomas Bowman, SV (c.1835 - 1918)
Thomas Bowman came from Dundee,Scotland with his cousin David as an aided immigrant on the ship Burlington in July 1859, age 23. He was a rubble mason. His destination was to work for Alexander Gordon,...
Ninham Shand (1899 - 1969)
According to the Dictionary of South African Biography Vol 5 - page 722 (available at ):"Shand, Ninham (*Middelburg, Tvl., 26.1.1899 - †Cape Town, 26.7.1969), civil engineer, was the great-grandson of ...
Pieter van Breda, SV/PROG (1696 - 1756)
PIETER VAN BREDA was born in Sas-van-Gent in Zealand, part of Flanders in 1696. He arrived in SA in 1719 on the ship “Spieringh”. He was the son of Dirk van Breda and Maria Canarie, and a tailor by pro...
Susanna Roeij (1717 - aft.1757)
BaptismNGK Drakenstein Anno 1717. Den 13de Junij. Sùsanna, Doghter van Jan Roeij en Maria La Febre. Getùijgen Piet[.] Joùrdaan. - Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Baptisms., CD-ROM (Paar...

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Table Mountain is the most iconic landmark of South Africa and also one of the New Seven World wonders (Nature).

History of Table Mountain

The history of this mountain dates back to over 30,000 years. The Khoi and San people named the mountain Hoerikwaggo or Mountain in the Sea.

The first European to see the Cape was Bartolomeu Dias in 1448. In 1497, Vasco da Gama spotted it as well. The first recorded climb of the mountain was done by the Portuguese navigator, Admiral Antonio de Saldanha in 1503. It was de Saldanha who gave the mountain its name, naming it Taboa da caba, meaning table of the cape.

According to the S.A. Mountain Accidents Database web site a total of 251 deaths occurred on Table Mountain between 1675 and 2016.

Aim

The Aim of this project is to record all the profiles of people who played an instrumental part in the development of the facilities and those who were born or died on Table Mountain

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To join the project use the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page.

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