Shipwrecks of the United Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Table Bay, South Africa during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

dc.contributor.authorWerz, Bruno E.J.S.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-26T08:27:07Z
dc.date.issued2025-12
dc.description.abstractDuring the nearly two centuries of its existence from 1602 to 1799, the United Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) used hundreds of vessels for its intercontinental trade. A considerable number of these foundered along South African shores. Table Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope, saw many marine incidents mainly due to its role as a halfway station on the long and dangerous voyages. This article describes the potential of VOC shipwrecks in the bay, which is an important resource for maritime archaeological studies.
dc.description.departmentHistorical and Heritage Studies
dc.description.embargo2026-12-02
dc.description.librarianhj2026
dc.description.sdgNone
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmir20
dc.identifier.citationBruno E. J. S. Werz (2025) Shipwrecks of the United Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Table Bay, South Africa During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, The Mariner's Mirror, 111:4, 405-424, DOI: 10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096.
dc.identifier.issn0025-3359 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2049-680X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/108658
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rights© The Society for Nautical Research. This is an electronic version of an article published in The Mariner's Mirror, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 405-424, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096. The Mariner's Mirror is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmir20.
dc.subjectCape Town
dc.subjectNieuw Haarlem
dc.subjectWaddinxveen
dc.subjectVerenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)
dc.subjectTable Bay
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)
dc.subjectShipwrecks
dc.subjectRetourschepen
dc.subjectOosterland
dc.titleShipwrecks of the United Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Table Bay, South Africa during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
dc.typePostprint Article

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