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- Guilliam_Visagie abstract "Guilliam Visagie (fl. 1751-1793) was a trekboer who settled in southern Namibia in circa 1786. He is considered to have been the first person of European ancestry to have settled in the country.Visagie was born about 1751 in the Dutch Cape Colony, and he became a farmer in the area near the Olifants River. In 1780, he was found guilty of killing a Nama and wounding two others. To escape punishment by the authorities, he and his wife moved north of the Orange River.In 1785, Guilliam and his wife Elsab Visagie settled in an area which he named Modderfontein (mud fountain), becoming the first Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in Namibia.In 1791 he was living at Swartmodder (modern Keetmanshoop), where he farmed and traded firearms to the Namas for cattle.In 1793, he withdrew from his farm after a clash with Afrikaner Oorlams commandos, who were apparently acting on orders from the VOC.".
- Guilliam_Visagie birthDate "1751".
- Guilliam_Visagie birthYear "1751".
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- Guilliam_Visagie dateOfBirth "1751".
- Guilliam_Visagie dateOfDeath "South-West Africa".
- Guilliam_Visagie name "Visagie, Guilliam".
- Guilliam_Visagie placeOfBirth "Goneiman's Kraal, Western Cape".
- Guilliam_Visagie shortDescription "Namibian settler".
- Guilliam_Visagie description "Namibian settler".
- Guilliam_Visagie description "Namibian settler".
- Guilliam_Visagie subject Category:1751_births.
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- Guilliam_Visagie subject Category:Afrikaner_people.
- Guilliam_Visagie subject Category:People_from_the_West_Coast_District_Municipality.
- Guilliam_Visagie subject Category:South_African_emigrants_to_Namibia.
- Guilliam_Visagie subject Category:South_African_people_convicted_of_murder.
- Guilliam_Visagie subject Category:White_Namibian_people.
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- Guilliam_Visagie comment "Guilliam Visagie (fl. 1751-1793) was a trekboer who settled in southern Namibia in circa 1786. He is considered to have been the first person of European ancestry to have settled in the country.Visagie was born about 1751 in the Dutch Cape Colony, and he became a farmer in the area near the Olifants River. In 1780, he was found guilty of killing a Nama and wounding two others.".
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