Dirk Jansz Smient was governor of

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in the new settlement at

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from 1666 to 1669, when he returned to

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. He was replaced by George Frederik Wreede. In November 1676 he led a

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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.
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