In February 1699 Simon van der Stel handed over the government to his son Willem Adriaan van der Stel. During his administration he had several problems with the French Huguenot settlers. During the administration of Maurice de Chavonnes (1714-1724) a series of small outposts were built at strategic points in Tulbagh, Klapmuts, Groenekloof and ...
Simon van der Stel, governor of the Cape of Good Hope, was the eldest son of Adriaen van der Stel, governor of Mauritius, and his wife Maria Lievens. He was a nephew of Jan E. Huydecoper van Maarseveen, burgomaster of Amsterdam, who was a director of the Dutch East India Company. With his parents Simon travelled to Batavia (now Jakarta) in 1645 ...
The 10th Commander of the Cape, Simon Van der Stel, is granted his own farm. To find the most favourable wine growing area, he first gets his men to dig up baskets of soil from Table Bay to Muizenberg, with each sample sent to the Castle for testing. Satisfied that the sheltered valley facing False Bay is the most favourable, with its ...
Fearful of the refugee attempts to create a separate French body within the Dutch Cape Colony, Governor Simon van der Stel and the Political Council in the Cape refused these requests in a serious rebuke to the French refugee settlers. Additionally, in direct admonishment, Simon van der Stel wrote: "It is our aim that [the refugees] should ...
By 1691, van der Stel had been promoted to the position of governor. He was succeeded by his son, Willem Adriaan van der Stel in 1699. Widely known for his development of the South African wine …
All of this was about change when Simon van der Stel had arrived in 1679 and appointed as the new Governor of the Cape Colony. Unlike Jan van Riebeeck, who had very little knowledge of wine-making, Simon van der Stel, on the other hand, was a well cultured and traveled man. He had first hand experience on growing vines in Europe.
Simon van der Stel. Die Ankunft des holländischen Arztes Jan van Riebeeck (1619-1677) im Kap im Jahre 1652 und die durch ihn erfolgte erste Anpflanzung von Rebstöcken im Jahre 1655 war Beginn des Weinbaus in Südafrika. Der erste Gouverneur der Kapkolonie war ab dem Jahre 1679 Simon van der Stel (1639-1712), der ebenfalls als …
Simon's Town, sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been a naval base and harbour . The town is named after …
The story begins with Simon van der Stel, the VOC's 10 th commander at the Cape, deciding within weeks of his arrival to survey the land beyond the Cape Flats. On 6 November 1679 he camped on an island in the Eerste River (so named since 1655 because it was the first river reached beyond the Cape settlement) and declared that he would …
Media in category "Simon van der Stel" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. G.S. Smithard; J.S. Skelton (1909) - Simon Van der Stel and the Rhinoceros.jpg 3,162 × 2,409; 981 KB. Portrait of Simon van der …
Simon van der Stel (14 October 1639 24 June 1712) was the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of …
Born: 14 October 1639, Mauritius. Died: 24 June 1712, Cape Town, South Africa. Active in: SA. Simon van der Stel, governor of the Cape of Good Hope, was the eldest son of …
Simon van der Stel en Catharina Keyser. Hy het op 12 Oktober 1679 in die Kaap aangekom. Hy is deur sy vier seuns en sy skoonsuster, Cornelia Six, vergesel en het as die kommandeur van die Kaap begin werk. 3. Die gesin het aanvanklik in die ou goewerneurshuis gebly, maar in 1680 na die Kasteel in die Kaap verhuis.
THE STORY OF SIMON VAN DER STEL. Chapter V The greatest event of Van der Stel's period of office at the Cape, the event, that is, which was to make its mark on the history of South Africa for evermore, was the arrival of the Huguenot immigrants in. 1688-9. Over two years before, in October 1685, the Directors of the Dutch East India Company had ...
Simon van der Stel Contemporary documents describe Simon van der Stel, the first owner of what is now Groot Constantia, as having been born in Mauritius. In fact, he was born …
8. Tokai Forest. 2.14 MILES. This wooded section of Table Mountain National Park is a favourite spot for picnics, mountain biking (weekends only) and walks. To reach the forest, take…. View more attractions. Simon van der Stel's manor house, a superb example of Cape Dutch architecture, is maintained as a museum at Groot Constantia.
This article will discuss the Simon van der Stel Festival, an annual event held in Stellenbosch from 1967 to 2000. The focus is on the reasons for initiating such a festival and why a faction within broader Stellenbosch embraced this part of its colonial-Dutch heritage. The progress of the festival will be traced until its climax in 1979, the ...
The governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, founded our hometown and gave it his name. He is also considered the father of our country's wine heritage. It is fitting that we named our Bordeaux-style blend after him. The blend consists of five varieties sourced from various sites across Stellenbosch, representing a quintessential ...
Simon van der Stel (Mauritius, 14 oktober 1639 – Groot Constantia, 24 juni 1712) was de eerste gouverneur van Kaap de Goede Hoop, toen nog een kleine nederzetting. Hij was geïnteresseerd in botanie, het aanleggen van wijngaarden en het stoken van likeuren en kan worden beschouwd als een van de grondleggers van de wijnbouw in Zuid-Afrika.
Simon van der Stel troch Pieter van Anraedt. Simon van der Stel (Mauritsius, 14 oktober 1639 – Kaapstêd, 24 juny 1712) wie in Nederlânsk ûntdekkingsreizger en kolonist. Hy kin beskôge wurde as ien fan de grûnlizzers fan de Súdafrikaanske wynbou.Hy wie kommandeur fan de Kaapkoloanje, letter waard hy dêr ek gûverneur.
Simon van der Stel (Image ST Museum) France Controls The Cape. In 1650, the Dutch East India company decreed that a permanent settlement should be established at the Cape to serve as a post for the replenishment of the Company's vessels on the passage to and from the East Indies. At no time was it ever intended to gain any military advantage ...
In 1936, Simon van der Stel's portrait turned up at the Lon- don art shop of C. Marshall Spink (Fig. 3). On 26 October of that year the latter wrote to the Stichting Iconografisch Bureau in The Hague, inquiring whether the subject of the portrait could be identified as Wm. (Willem) van der Stel.^ On 19 January of the following year Spink in the ...
In promoting the heritage of the town's founder, the Simon van der Stel Festival Committee decided at a meeting held on 8 June 1966 that with an eye to the upcoming 1979 …
How Stellenbosch came to be. In the year 1679, a new governor arrived in the Cape, and his name was Simon van der Stel. He was said to be an ambitious and determined man, who quickly set about expanding the realm of the Cape. Van der Stel's first imperative was to break away from the Dutch East India Company's previous policy …
In Van der Stel's time 'sack' was a term for sweet wine from the Canaries, usually fortified. At least 70,000 vines had been established on Constantia by 1709, when 5,630 litres of wine were produced from vineyards worked by 60 slaves (according to the Opgaafrolle). But by then Van der Stel was 70 years old, and all alone at the Cape ...
The name Stellenbosch ('Van der Stel's bush') was given to the site of the governor's camp. 23 October 1663: the castiço Simon van der Stel, Heer van Lisse (1639-1712) born off Mauritius 14 November 1639; son of Adriaen van der Stel (born Dordrecht?-dies Ceylon [Sri Lanka] 25 May 1646) & Maria Lievens: grandson of the Indian slave …
Thank you to the University of Pretoria and the Heritage Association of South Africa (previously the Simon van der Stel Foundation) for giving us permission to publish. When governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel established his residence in the Cape in 1700, he named it Vergelegen (literally "Far Away"). And with good reason: It was situated ...
THE STORY OF SIMON VAN DER STEL. Chapter V The greatest event of Van der Stel's period of office at the Cape, the event, that is, which was to make its mark on the history …
Các vấn đề cần quan tâm giải quyết khi khai thác hầm lò. Để khai thác triệt để phần trữ lượng dưới sâu mỏ đồng Sin Quyền, theo chúng tôi cần có các giải pháp sau: 1. Giải pháp đầu tiên và quan trọng nhất: để khai thác khối trữ lượng dưới mức …
Simon van der Stel (1639-1712) Contemporary documents describe Simon van der Stel, the first owner of what is now Groot Constantia, as having been born in Mauritius. In fact, he was born at sea while his parents were on their way to Mauritius from Batavia in 1639. His father, who was in the employ of the Dutch East India Company (VOC, as ...
The oldest, still existing wine farm is Groot Constantia, founded as early as 1684 by Simon van der Stel. At present South Africa is the eighth largest wine producer in the world. South African wines, red and white, are …
Dit is 'n nie-winsgewende maatskappy onder beskerming van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns en is gestig op 8 April 1959 in die Kasteel die Goeie Hoop in Kaapstad. By die geleentheid was die bekende Suid-Afrikaanse argitek Norman Eaton die spreker. Die organsiasie dra die naam van goewerneur Van der Stel, omdat die Kaaps ...
The Bistro. Described as one of the world's most beautiful vineyards, Klein Constantia is set amidst ancient trees and lush greenery on the upper foothills of the Constantiaberg, with superb views across the Constantia Valley and False Bay. Klein Constantia dates back to 1685 when Simon van der Stel chose the most favourable location for his ...
Simon van der Stel was the Governor of the Cape from 1679 to 1699, and in 1685 he commanded an expedition to Namaqualand where it was hoped copper would be found. His official report, accompanied by 72 coloured illustrations, was subsequently sent to the East India Company headquarters. Under circumstances which remain unclear a section of …
In 1697 Witteboomen, an old Company's outpost, was granted to L. Simons. Taking him all round, Simon van der Stel strikes us as having been the most interesting and creative …
Van der Stel Manor is a lovingly restored Cape Dutch homestead (1910) within walking distance to Stellenbosch's charming village centre and the ideal place to relax and enjoy your stay in the winelands. We are located close to some fine restaurants and wineries, several golf courses and only 30 minutes from Cape Town International Airport. ...