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 CONTENTS 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._ HISTORICAL SKETCHES. SKETCH I. EXPLORATION BY THE PORTUGUESE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA AND DISCOVERY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.