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Simon van der Stel

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Simon van der Stel

Gender: Male

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The first large group of Huguenots arrives at the Cape

📅 13 April 1688

About 180 Huguenots arrived aboard the Voorschoten. Their settlement added to the European population and agricultural footprint of the VOC colony. The Cape was not vacant: Khoikhoi and San...