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A History of South Africa; From the Earliest Days to Union
A History of South Africa From the Earliest Days to Union Author:William Charles Scully General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1915 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green and co. Subjects: South Africa Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) Cape of Good Hope History / Africa / General History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It ... more »has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V (To 1750) The Cape Colony under Dutch Rule Wilhem Adriaan van der Stel. -- The Assembly of Seventeen, in recognition of Simon van der Stel's services, appointed his son, Wilhem Adriaan, as Governor of the Cape Colony and its dependency, the Island of Mauritius. The appointment of Councillor Extraordinary of India was conferred upon him concurrently. Wilhem Adriaan van der Stel had, during the previous ten years, held various public offices in Amsterdam. He was installed as Governor at the Castle, Cape Town, on February 11, 1699. The new Governor followed the good example of his father in several respects. Soon after his arrival he caused a number of the deforested gorges in the vicinity of Stellenbosch and Drakenstein to be filled with young oaks. He took keen interest in the Company's garden; in it he established a museum, and a small menagerie. He also caused to be therein erected a lodge for the entertainment of visitors of distinction. This, enlarged and altered, is the house which the Governor of the Cape Colony occupied previous to the Union. The Land of Wavern. -- Within a few months of his arrival the Governor made a tour of inspection through the outlying parts of the Settlement. After visiting Stellenbosch and Drakenstein he went northward along the course of the Berg River, and then crossed the mountain range which, on account of its having been the haunt of Bushmen, had been n...« less