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Simon van der Stel, Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (died 1712)
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Simon van der Stel
Dutch colonial administrator
Simon van der Stel was the first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (1691), the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. He was interested in botany, establishing vineyards Groot and Klein Constantia, and producing a famous dessert wine. He is considered one of the founders of South…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dutch Cape Colony
Former Dutch supply station in Southern Africa
The Dutch Cape Colony, officially known as the Cape of Good Hope Waystation, was a colony of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Batavian Republic in Southern Africa. Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name, it was founded in 1652 by a VOC expedition…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)