Simon's Town
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Simon's Town, sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, and a suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa. It is home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest
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Queen Victoria Fountain, Jubilee Square
Simon's Town waterfront
Simon van der Stel
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Simon van der Stel was the first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. He was interested in botany, establishing vineyards Groot and Klein Constantia, and produci
Simon's Town
…two centuries, Simon's Town has been a naval base and harbour, first for the British Royal Navy and now the South African Navy. The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony. The land rises steeply from near the water's edge and the town is boxed in along the shoreline by the heights…
Portrait of Van der Stel by Pieter van Anraedt
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De Vlieger The Fisherman (unfinished)