In developing their Far East trade, the Dutch also began to frequent the island and made a formal claim to it in 1633, but did not settle the isle and by 1651 largely abandoned it in favour of their colony at the Cape of Good Hope.
No desenvolvemento do seu comercio co Afastado Oriente, os holandeses tamén comezaron a frecuentar a illa e reclamaron formalmente á mesma en 1633, pero non se conformaron coa illa e en 1651 abandonarona en favor da súa colonia no Cabo de Boa Esperanza.