Johan Bax van Herenthals
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Preceded byIJsbrand Godske
Succeeded byHendrik Crudop (acting)
Born14 March 1637
Died24 June 1678 (aged 41)
Johan Bax van Herenthals | |
|---|---|
| 7th Commander of the Cape | |
| In office 14 March 1676 – 29 June 1678 | |
| Preceded by | IJsbrand Godske |
| Succeeded by | Hendrik Crudop (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1637 |
| Died | 24 June 1678 (aged 41) |

Johan Bax van Herenthals (14 March 1637 – 29 June 1678), also written as Joan Bax, and van Herentals, was born in 's-Hertogenbosch and was the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 1676 succeeding the acting interim governor IJsbrand Godske.[1] Agriculture developed during his term[2] and he is recognized as contributing to the development of Botany and Ethnobiology. He declared two wars with the Khoikhoi. He died in Cape Town.