Portuguese Gold Coast




































































Portuguese Gold Coast


Costa do Ouro

1482–1642


Flag of Portuguese Gold Coast

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Status
Colony
of the Portuguese Empire
Capital São Jorge da Mina
Common languages Portuguese
Religion

Roman Catholicism
Head of state  
• King
   1482–1495 (first)
John II of Portugal
• King
   1640–1642 (last)
John IV of Portugal

Captain-major  
• 1482–1484 (first)
Diogo de Azambuja
• 1634–1642 (last)
António da Rocha Magalhães

History  
• Established
21 January 1482
• Disestablished
9 January 1642












Succeeded by






Dutch Gold Coast










Gold Coast
Badge of the Gold Coast (1877-1957).svg



  • Ashantis (Ashanti Empire)


  • Dagombas (Kingdom of Dagbon)


  • Danes (Danish Gold Coast)


  • Dutch (Dutch Gold Coast)


  • English-British (British Gold Coast)


  • Ewes (British Togoland)


  • Germans (Brandenburger Gold Coast, Prussian Gold Coast)


  • Portuguese (Portuguese Gold Coast)


  • Swedes (Swedish Gold Coast)


  • Gold Coastians—Ghanaians (Ghana)

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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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Captains-major


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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 Santo António de Axim, modern Axim: 1486 – 1642

  • Fort São Francisco Xavier, modern Osu, district of Accra: 1640–1642

  • 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.



Captains-major


The Portuguese governors, going by this modest, military style, were:



  • 1482 – 1485 - Diogo de Azambuja

  • 1485 – 1486 - Álvaro Vaz Pestano

  • 148? – Álvaro Mascarenhas

  • c.1487 – João Fogaça

  • 1495 – 1499 - Lopo Soares de Albergaria

  • 1499? – 1503? - Fernão Lopes Correia

  • 1503? – 1506? - Diogo Lopes de Sequeira

  • 1506? – 1509? - António de Bobadilha

  • c.1510 – Manuel de Góis[1]

  • 1513 – Afonso Caldeira

  • c.1513 – António Fróis[1]

  • 1514 – 1516? - Nuno Vaz de Castelo Branco

  • 1516? – 1519 - Fernão Lopes Correia

  • 1519 – 1522 - Duarte Pacheco Pereira

  • 1522 – 1524 - Afonso de Albuquerque

  • 1524 – 1525 - João de Barros[1]:26

  • 1526 – 1529 - João Vaz de Almada

  • 1529 – 1532 - Estêvão da Gama

  • 1536 – 1537 - Manuel de Albuquerque

  • 1537 – 1540? - ....

  • 1540 – 1543 - António de Miranda de Azevedo

  • 1541 – 1545? - Lopo de Sousa Coutinho

  • 1545 – Diogo Soares de Albergaria (1st time)

  • 1545 – 1548 - António de Brito

  • 1548 – 1550 - Lopo de Sousa Coutinho[1]:30

  • 1550? – Martim de Castro

  • 1550? – 1552? - Diogo Soares de Albergaria (2nd time)

  • 1552? – Filipe Lobo

  • 1552? – 1556? - Rui de Melo

  • 1556 – 155? - Afonso Gonçalves de Botafogo

  • 155? – 1559 - António de Melo

  • 1559 – Manuel da Fonseca

  • 1559 – 1562 - Rui Gomes de Azevedo

  • 1562 – 15.. - Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo

  • c.1562 – João Vaz de Almada Falcão

  • 156? – Francisco de Barros de Paiva

  • 1564 – 15.. - Fernando Cardoso

  • 15.. – 1570 - ....

  • 1570 – 1573 - António de Sá

  • c.1573 – Martim Afonso

  • c.1574 – c.15.. - Mendio da Mota

  • 15.. – c.1579 - ....

  • 1579 – c.1583 - Vasco Fernandes Pimentel

  • 1583 – 1586 - João Rodrigues Pessanha

  • 1586 – 15.. - Bernardinho Ribeiro Pacheco

  • 15.. – 1586 - ...

  • 1586 – 1594 - João Róis Coutinho

  • c.1595 – c.1596 - Duarte Lôbo da Gama

  • 1596 – 1608 - Cristóvão de Melo

  • 1608 – 1610 - Duarte de Lima

  • 1610 – 1613 - João de Castro

  • 1613 – 1616 - Pedro da Silva

  • 1616/17 – 1624 - Manuel da Cunha de Teive

  • 1624 – c.1625 - Francisco de Souto-Maior

  • 162? – 162? - Luís Tomé de Castro

  • 162? – 1629 - João da Serra de Morais

  • 1629 – c.1632 - ....

  • 1632 – 1634 - Pedro de Mascarenhas

  • 1634 – 1634 - Duarte Borges (acting)

  • 1634 – 1642 - André da Rocha Magalhães (acting)

  • 1642 – 1642 - Francisco de Sotte



References





  1. ^ abcd Wilks, Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (1997). Bakewell, Peter, ed. Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 24.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link).mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links


  • WorldStatesmen.org: Portuguese Gold Coast




















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