Portuguese Gold Coast
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The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present day Ghana) on the Gulf of Guinea.
[edit] History
The Portuguese established the following settlements on the Gold Coast from 21 January 1482:
- Fort São Jorge da Mina de Ouro, modern Elmina: 21 January 1482-28/9 August 1637; this became the capital
- Fort de Santo Antonio de Axim, modern Axim: 1486-February 1642
- Fort São Francisco Xavier, modern Osu: 1640-42
- Fort São Sebastião, modern Shama: 1526-1637.
On 29 August 1637 the Dutch occupied São Jorge da Mina. On 9 January 1642 the whole colony was ceded to the Dutch, who made it part of their Dutch Gold Coast colony.
[edit] Captains-major
The Portuguese governors, going by this modest, military style, were:
- 21 January 1482 - 1484 Diogo de Azambuja
- c.1486 Álvaro Vaz Pestano
- c.1487 João Fogaça
- c.1493 Lopo Soares de Albergaria
- c.1502 - c.1504 Nuno Vaz de Castelo Branco
- c.1504 - 1504 Antonio de Miranda de Azevedo
- 1504 - 1505 Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
- 1505 - 15.. Martinho da Silva
- 15.. - c.1508 ....
- c.1508 - 1509 Bobadilha
- 1509 - c.1510 Mabuel de Góis
- c.1510 - 1513 Afonso Caldeira
- 1513 - c.1517 ....
- c.1517 - 1519 Fernão Lopes Correia
- 1519 - 1522 Duarte Pacheco Pereira
- 1522 - 1524 Afonso de Albuquerque
- 1524 - 1525 João de Barros
- 1525 - 1529 ....
- 1529 - 15.. Estêvão da Gama
- 1536 - 1539 Manuel de Albuquerque
- 1539 - 1541 Antonio de Miranda
- 1541 - 154. Lopo de Sousa Coutinho (1st time)
- 154. - 1545 ....
- 1545 - 154. Diogo Soares de Albergaria (1st time)
- 1548 - 1550 Lopo de Sousa Coutinho (2nd time)
- 1550 - 1552 Diogo Soares de Albergaria (2nd time)
- 1552 - c.1555 Rui de Melo
- c.1555 - c.1557 ....
- c.1557 - 15.. Afonso Gonçalves Botofago
- 15.. - 1562 Rui Gomes de Azevedo
- 1562 - 15.. Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo
- 15.. - 1564 ....
- 1564 - 15.. Martím Afonso
- 15.. - 1570 ....
- 1570 - 157. António da Sá
- 157. - c.1574 ....
- c.1574 - c.15.. Mendio da Mota
- 15.. - c.1579 ....
- c.1579 - 15.. Vasco Fernandes Pimentel
- 15.. - 1584 João Rodrigues Peçanha
- 1584 - 15.. Bernardinho Ribeiro Pacheco
- 15.. - 1586 ....
- 1586 - c.1595 João Róis Coutinho
- c.1595 - c.1596 Duarte Lôbo da Gama
- c.1596 - 1608 Cristóvão da Gama
- 1608 - 1613 Duarte de Lima
- 1613 - c.1615 Pedro da Silva
- c.1615 - 1616 ....
- 1616 - 1624 Manuel da Cunha e Teive
- 1624 - c.1625 Francisco de Souto-Maior
- c.1625 - 162. ....
- 162. - 162. Luís Tomé de Castro
- 162. - 1629 João da Sera de Morais
- 1629 - c.1632 ....
- c.1632 - 1634 Pedro de Mascarenhas
- 1634 - 9 January 1642 António da Rocha Magalhães
[edit] Source
| Portuguese colonial empire |
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| Former colonies |
| Africa & nearby Islands: Aguz/Souira Guedima, Morocco (1506-1525) | Alcacer Ceguer/El Qsar es Seghir (1458-1550) | Angola Portuguese West Africa (1575-1975) & Cabinda (Portuguese Congo) (1885-1975) | Arguin Island (1455 - 1633)| Arzila/Asilah (1417-1550, 1577-1589) | Azamor/Azemmour, Morocco (1513-1541) | Cape Verde (1642-1975) | Ceuta (1415-1640) | Fernando Poo and Annobon (1474-1778) | Mazagan/El Jadida, Morocco (1506-1769) | Moçambique (Portuguese East Africa) (1501-1975) | Mombassa (1593-1698,1728-1729) | Portuguese Gold Coast (1482-1642) | Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) (1879-1974) ( Bissau (1687-1974) & Cacheu (1588-1974)) | São João Baptista de Ajudá, Benin (1680-1961) | São Tomé and Príncipe (1470-1975) | Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué/Agadir, Morocco (1505-1541) | Safim/Safi, Morocco (1488-1541) | Tangier (1471-1662) | Zanzibar (1503-1698)
The Americas: later French Guiana (1809-1817) | Brazil (1500-1822) | Nova Colônia do Sacramento, Uruguay (1680-1777) | Asia: Ceylon (1518-1658) | Portuguese India ((Goa) (1510-1961)) | Hormuz (1515-1622) | Macao (1553-1999) | Malacca (1511-1641) | Moluccas (1512-1621) | Muscat (1515-1650) | Portuguese Timor (East Timor) (1642-1975) | Socotra (1506-1511) | Formosa | |
| Present colonies (only Atlantic Ocean) |
| Açores Azores (1427-) | Madeira (1419-) |
