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Durban Timeline 1497-1990. 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern Africa, and moored overnight in the lee of a headland, which may have been the Bluff. Probably because of the date, Da Gama named the land “ Terra do Natal ”.
7 Ιουν 2024 · Durban, largest city of KwaZulu-Natal province and chief seaport of South Africa, located on Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean. European settlement began with a band of Cape Colony traders led by Francis G. Farewell, who charted the port in 1824 and named the site Port Natal.
28 Νοε 2016 · The history of old Durban and reminiscences of an emigrant of 1850. by. Russell, George, 1812-1888. Publication date. 1899. Topics. Durban (South Africa) -- History, South Africa -- Durban. Publisher. Durban : P. Davis.
The land of modern-day Durban was a gift from the Zulu King Shaka during the 1830's. Long before recorded history, the land was inhabited by the Khoi/San. On Christmas day, 1497, Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, passed by the mouth of Durban Bay and named it Rio de Natal.
Umhlanga Rocks was initially home to San hunter-gatherers and was later occupied by Nguni-speaking people who were united under King Shaka in the early 1800's into the proud Zulu nation.
22 Ιουλ 2023 · A division of Hurwitz Farming, ‘The Bull Ring’ is open and available to all livestock farmers and auction companies. Accommodating up to 350 guests with state of the art facilities and amenities, this has to be one of the finest auction complexes in South Africa.
While some of the earliest remnants of humanity are found in the nearby Drakensberg, it is now established that prior to the arrival of the Nguni people and subsequent European colonialists, the area was populated by the original people of Southern Africa – now collectively called the Khoi/San.
