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Zacharias Wagenaer

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Zacharias Wagenaer

Gender: Male

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Wagenaer succeeds Van Riebeeck as Cape commander

đź“… 6 May 1662

Zacharias Wagenaer took over the Cape station as Van Riebeeck’s successor. The change in leadership came as VOC settlement and agricultural expansion increasingly constrained Khoikhoi land and...