Theal’s sketches range from the Portuguese voyages down the African coast to the Cape of Good Hope and the Dutch war of independence against Spain, then settle on the Cape Colony under its Dutch governors. The title essay treats Willem Adriaan van der Stel, whose rule saw Stellenbosch, the Paarl and Drakenstein settled, and the burgher revolt against him.
Written by South Africa’s leading colonial historian of the day; its views of African peoples are those of a settler historian of 1913. Download the free EPUB.