Albert van Breugel was the acting commander of the

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between April 1672 and 2 October 1672. He succeeded Governor

Pieter Hackius Pieter Hackius (died 30 November 1671) was the fifth commander of the Cape of Good Hope before it became the Dutch Cape Colony in 1691. Hackius succeeded Jacob Borghorst as commander on 25 March 1670 and was appointed to a position similar to go ...

after his death on 30 November 1671. Between Hackius's death and Breugel's appointment, the administration in the Cape was overseen by the Political Council.

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Van Breugel was appointed merchant and secunde (second in command) at the Cape in 1672. As the newly appointed Governor,

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, had not then arrived, he acted in his place until 2 October 1672. After Goske took control, it soon became apparent that he was not happy with the way Van Breugel handled the administration. Goske was specifically dissatisfied with how he handled the company's books and kept them up to date. In February 1676, the

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decided to send Van Breugel to

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, since his administration showed a big financial deficit. After arriving in Batavia in August 1676, the Council of Justice acquitted him of Goske's charges. During 1680 he was elected a member of the College of Schepenen of Batavia and in January 1684, with the title of senior merchant, he became secunde in

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, only to retire at his own request a month later due to ill health. He was succeeded by

Hendrik Crudop Hendrik Crudop ( 1646 – after 1720) was a VOC official who also acted as commander at the Cape of Good Hope after the death of Commander Johan Bax van Herenthals in 1678 until the arrival of Simon van der Stel. Career Crudop arrived at the Ca ...

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