You shall also keep your fires burning if the ships are blo… - Jan van Riebeeck

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You shall also keep your fires burning if the ships are blown back by contrary winds, but if the ships are foreign or not Dutch (onduitsch) you shall at once extinguish your fire.

Jan van Riebeeck

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Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who arrived in Cape Town in what then became the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.

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Native Name: Johan van Riebeeck

Alternative Names: Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck • Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck

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Be careful in always having a good beacon fire, as the signals entirely depend upon it, that the ships may enter the bay in safety".

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