Dirk Jansz Smient was governor of

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

in the new settlement at

Grand Port Grand Port () is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island. The name means "large port" in French. The district has an area of 260.3 km2 and the population estimate was at 112,997 as of 31 December 2015. History Grand Por ...

from 1666 to 1669, when he returned to

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is ...

. He was replaced by

George Frederik Wreede Georg Friedrich Wreede or Georgius Fredericius Wreede (died on 29 February 1672) was governor of Dutch Mauritius from 1665 to 1672, with a break between 1668-1669. Wreede was born around 1635 in Uetze near Hannover, in Germany. In 1659 he ar ...

. In November 1676 he led a

punitive expedition A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or union. It is usually undertaken in response to perceived disobedient or morally wrong beh ...

from Cape Town to a group of Hottentots led by Chief Goenema, which failed as they could not be located.Carmel Schrire
Digging Through Darkness
page 139-140

References

*Allister Macmillan,
Mauritius illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, and resources.
', London: W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1914 17th-century births 17th-century deaths Dutch Governors of Mauritius {{Mauritius-politician-stub