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 January 21, 1482:

• Fort São Jorge da Mina de Ouro, modern Elmina: January 21 1482 – August 28/9 1637; this became the capital
• Fort de Santo António de Axim, modern Axim: 1486 – February 1642
• Fort São Francisco Xavier, modern Osu: 1640–1642
• Fort São Sebastião, modern Shama: 1526–1637.

On August 29 1637 the Dutch occupied São Jorge da Mina. On January 9 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 - António 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 - Manuel 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 - António 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… - Bernardino Ribeiro Pacheco
• 15… – 1586 - …
• 1586 – c.1595 - João Róis Coutinho
• c.1595 – c.1596 - Duarte Lobo 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 Serra de Morais
• 1629 – c.1632 - …
• c.1632 – 1634 - Pedro de Mascarenhas
• 1634 – 9 January 1642 - António da Rocha Magalhães

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