Simon van der Stel and the Rhinoceros Simon van der Stel (14 October 1639 – 24 June 1712) was the last commander and first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. from the book ' Romance of Empire : South Africa ' by Ian Duncan Colvin, Edited by John Lang, with illustrations in colour by John R. Skelton and Smithard Publisher: London Edinburgh, & Jack in 1909

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