A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… in 1703, which is possibly the first book written in South Africa. This book was subsequently published in Amsterdam in … ou les Pseaumes de David mis en vers Francois (The Africa night watches or the Psalms of Dawid in French verse … D.J et al. (eds) (1973) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, NASOU: Cape Town, vol. 9 pg. 637. Wallis, F. …