Portuguese Gold Coast

HISTORY

The Portuguese established the following settlements on the Gold Coast since 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 occupy São Jorge da Mina.
On 9 January 1642 the whole colony is ceded to the Dutch, who make it part of their Dutch Gold Coast colony.

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.. Estévão 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

SOURCE

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