WILLEM ADRIAAN VAN DER STEL
AND OTHER HISTORICAL SKETCHES

WILLEM ADRIAAN VAN
DER STEL
AND
OTHER HISTORICAL SKETCHES

BY
GEORGE McCALL THEAL, Litt.D., LL.D.
CAPETOWN
THOMAS MASKEW MILLER, PUBLISHER
1913
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED
LONDON AND BECCLES

[SKETCH I.]
		PAGE
Exploration by the Portuguese of the Western Coast of Africa and Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope		[3]
[SKETCH II.]
[I.]	First Voyages of the French and English to India. Early History of the Netherlands	[35]
[II.]	The War in the Netherlands to the Union of Utrecht	[62]
[III.]	Continuation of the War in the Netherlands until 1606	[91]
[IV.]	The War on the Sea between Spain and the Netherlands	[116]
[V.]	The Truce with Spain and English Rivalry	[149]
[SKETCH III.]
[I.]	Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel	[171]
[II.]	Ordinary Events during the Administration of Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel	[187]
[III.]	Faithless Conduct of the Governor	[207]
[IV.]	Proceedings in the Netherlands regarding Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel	[234]
[SKETCH IV.]
[I.]	Chronicles of Two Leaders of the Great Emigration, Louis Triegard and Pieter Uys	[253]
[II.]	Pieter Lavras Uys	[275]
[SYNOPTICAL INDEX.]
[Sketch I.]		[295]
[Sketch II.]		[310]
[Sketch III.]		[314]
[Sketch IV.]		[321]

I.
Exploration by the Portuguese of the Western Coast of Africa and Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, including a short Sketch of the early History of Portugal.