Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3422AA3
Site Name
Post office tree area, Bartholomeu Dias Museum Complex, Mossel Bay
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:18
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 02:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Masithembe Bam & Rector Mabundu
Classifications
Monument Type
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
1962
Construction Materials
Memo casted on a metal plate in a stone column
Event Commemorated
The first post office founded over 500 years ago
Unveiled Comment
Historical Monuments Commission
Inscriptions
Pedro do Ataide on his return journey from the east left a letter in a shoe under this tree in 1500 and it was found by Joao Darlington Nova in 1501. In the letter he had warned of troubles he encountered near Calcutta. This is how the first post office was founded
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by sandiswa.mkuba on Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 08:57.
Identifiers
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Architectural features
According to legend, Pedro D’Ataide, a commander of one of theShips in Cabral’s fleet which followed Da Gama and Dias in 1501, left a letter in a navigators boot hanging under a milkwood tree. This contained a report of a disastrous storm that had hit hBibliography archive:
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.180486, 22.141394
Western Cape
- Eden
- Mossel Bay
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Mossel Bay
Access details
Access granted to public by the museum
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Statement of Significance
Part of the Museum Complex_x000D_
Landmark feature_x000D_
Associated with an historical period_x000D_
Contributes to the character of the area
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
18040
Notice Date
Notice Number
778
Archive Status
Declared
18040-778a_1.pdf (81.77 KB)
Media
Media
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