Dutch South Africa: Early Settlers at the Cape, 1652-1708Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2005 - 192 pages This work is an account of the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope during its formative years from 1652 to l708. |
Contents
Arrival of the Dutch at the Cape | 1 |
Jan van Riebeecks initiatives | 10 |
Van Riebeecks developing community | 24 |
Hazards of the sea | 41 |
Slaves freemen and burghers | 53 |
Van Riebeecks later years | 65 |
Lean years of weak leadership | 79 |
Consolidation under two governors | 95 |
Impact of Simon van der Stel | 106 |
In search of copper | 129 |
Arrival of the Huguenots | 135 |
Years of expansion | 142 |
Willem Adriaans misjudgments | 159 |
Downfall of Willem Adriaan | 174 |
Collapse of the Dutch East India Company | 184 |
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