Identifier: historyofafricas03thea (find matches)
Title: History of Africa south of the Zambesi : from the settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Theal, George McCall, 1837-1919
Subjects: Ethnology Portuguese
Publisher: London : G. Allen & Unwin ltd.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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744, Jan Verbeek, before 1729,Dignus de Vlamingh, before 1731,Johan Christiaan Vogel, 1739,Cornelis van Vollenhoven, 1734,Evert Volschenk, before 1732,Hendrik Vortman, before 1747,Jan Hendrik Vos, before 1748,Jan Christoffel Wagenaar, 1740,Michiel van der Walt, 1727,Pieter Wannenburg, 1727,. . . Weesberg, before 1742,Gideon de Wege, before 1733,Carel David Wentzel, before 1749,Ernst Wepener, before 1735,Johan Lodewyk Wernich, before 1729,Matthys Wicht, 1749,Jan Willem Wilken, before 1748,Godlieb Wilier, before 1741,Jan de Winnaar, before 1749,Sebastiaan Wolfaart, before 1735,Joseph Wolmarans, 1746,Pieter Andries Christiaan Wyde- man, before 1750,Pieter van Wyngaarden, before 1727,Godfried Zeele, 1735,Matthys Zondag, 1730. 20 22 This map sho^iThe northern an<~along the coast ismouth of the Ele_Brak river, a few :colonists sometimLangebergen andpossession. The places whCapetown,StellenbofSwellend^ifheen The churches 0tofa^CapetownStellenbor^Moe^ Drakenst*Roodezani^ -Zwartlanc ■•.
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English Miles 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 3Z 34- •ge Allen & Unwirt, Ltd.40 Museum St., W.C. 1 rW. A ,A Tr^ToTrnfrtrrp Trfrrritftri T.oirCmrr€)r. Mapveh. This map shows the extent of the settlement in the year 1750.The northern and eastern boundaries were not yet defined butalong the coast farms were occupied in one direction as far as themouth of the Elephant river and in the other as far as the LittleBrak river, a few miles beyond Mossel Bay. East of the Hex rivercolonists sometimes sought pasture for their cattle between theLangebergen and the Zwartebergen, but were not yet in permanent The places where there were courts of law were :—Capetown, founded in April 1652,Stellenbosch, founded in December 1679,Swellendam, district formed and court of landdrost andheemraden established in August 1745, villagefounded in October 1746. The churches were at :— Capetown, established in August 1665,Stellenbosch, established in January 1687,Drakenstein, established in December 1691,Rood

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