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    Simon van der Stel (14 October 1639 – 24 June 1712) was the first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (1691), the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. He...
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    Whelp was sold to the South African Navy (SAN) in 1952 and renamed Simon van der Stel. She was subsequently converted into a fast anti-submarine frigate...
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  • Mauritius Arie van der Stel (1894–1986), Dutch cyclist Simon van der Stel (1639–1712), Dutch colonial governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel (1664–1733), Dutch...
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    and was exiled to the Netherlands. Willem van der Stel was the eldest of six children of Simon van der Stel (1639–1712) and Johanna Jacoba Six (1645–1700)...
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    Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony. The land rises steeply from...
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  • conflict between Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel (son of the former Governor Simon van der Stel) and the Free Burghers at the Cape of Good Hope...
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  • van der Stel (died 25 May 1646 in Ceylon) was the opperhoofd of Mauritius from 1640 to 1645. He was succeeded by Jacob van der Meersch. Adriaan Van Der...
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    owner of South Africa's first wine estate "Groot Constantia" after Simon van der Stel. His accounts of his travels to the interior of the Cape Colony are...
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    India Company (VOC), that land should be granted to Simon van der Stel. When Simon van der Stel received title to 891 morgen (about 763 hectares) on...
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    to the large number of oak trees that were planted by its founder, Simon van der Stel, to grace the streets and homesteads. Stellenbosch is a popular tourist...
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    Simonsberg is named after Simon van der Stel, first governor of the Cape and founder and namesake of Stellenbosch and Simon's Town. The mountain has 7...
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  • began in 1706 against the Governor of the Cape Colony, Willem Adriaan van der Stel, whom the vrijburghers (free burghers, i.e. citizens of the colony not...
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    radio and television actor Simon Sjödin (born 1986), Swedish swimmer Simon Steel (born 1969), English cricketer Simon van der Stel (1639–1712), Dutch Governor...
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    Percy Sonn, former president of the International Cricket Council. Simon van der Stel, last commander and first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony. Peter...
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  • Simon's Town – Simon van der Stel Somerset West – Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of Cape Colony Stellenbosch – Simon van der Stel, governor of Cape...
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    after a grant of land from the Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony Simon van der Stel. The Danie Craven Stadium has mostly been used for rugby matches....
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    Colony, Jan van Riebeeck, was installed as "Commander of the Cape", a position he held from 1652 to 1662. During the tenure of Simon van der Stel, the colony...
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    their voyages along the spice route. In 1685, another Cape Governor, Simon van der Stel, purchased a large 750-hectare (1,900-acre) estate, founding what...
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  • trees are planted in Wynberg following an order by Simon van der Stel 30 March - Simon van der Stel appointed a new chief of the Khoikhoi, naming him Hasdrubal...
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    van Riebeeck in 1652. In about 1682, the toolshed was converted into a guesthouse to entertain foreign visitors of the governor, Simon van der Stel....
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    the indigenous Khoi and San, and their mixed-ethnicity descendants. Simon van der Stel, the first Governor of the Dutch settlement, famous for his development...
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    a collection by Nicolaes Witsen, the work of Caspar Commelin and Simon van der Stel. In his book on Amboinese plants, he used the work of Rumphius. For...
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    twelve children, were received in the Cape on 2 April 1694 by governor Simon van der Stel. They were housed on the farm Zandvliet, far outside of Cape Town...
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    strandlopers are now called the racial term, hottentots). Governor Simon van der Stel founds Stellenbosch. The Tuynhuys is built which would later become...
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  • Namaqualand Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony, is granted a 900-morgen property and is named Groot Constantia Simon van der Stel visits Namaqualand...
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    after a grant of land from the Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony Simon van der Stel. The stadium is owned by the Stellenbosch University. The stadium...
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    the Dutch Cape Colony before the Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony Simon van der Stel granted him land in 1682 which he named Coetsenburg. Since surnames...
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  • Hope after the death of Commander Johan Bax van Herenthals in 1678 until the arrival of Simon van der Stel. Crudop arrived at the Cape in 1668 as a midship...
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    about 254 vrijburgers, of whom 77 were married, with 231 children. Simon van der Stel, who was appointed governor of the Cape in 1679, reversed the VOC's...
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  • 1722 Willem Schouten (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation Simon van der Stel (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town Abel...
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