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The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony
Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history and also the earliest and longest lived of the modern European Colonialism empires, spanning almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Macau in 1999....
 on the West African Gold Coast
Gold Coast (region)

The Gold Coast was the region of West Africa which is now the nation of Ghana. Early uses of the term refer literally to the coast and not the interior....
 (present day Ghana
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
) on the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the Gulf's oceanic border is the rhumb line that runs from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez in Gabon ....
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The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony
Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history and also the earliest and longest lived of the modern European Colonialism empires, spanning almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Macau in 1999....
 on the West African Gold Coast
Gold Coast (region)

The Gold Coast was the region of West Africa which is now the nation of Ghana. Early uses of the term refer literally to the coast and not the interior....
 (present day Ghana
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
) on the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the Gulf's oceanic border is the rhumb line that runs from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez in Gabon ....
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History

The Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 established the following settlements on the Gold Coast from January 21, 1482:
  • Fort São Jorge da Mina de Ouro, modern Elmina
    Elmina

    Elmina, also known as Edina, is a town situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, lying west of Cape Coast. The first European settlement in West Africa, it now has a population of around 20,000 people....
    : January 21 1482 – August 28–9 1637; this became the capital
  • Fort de Santo António de Axim, modern Axim
    Axim

    Axim is a town, district and kingdom on the coast of Ghana. It lies 63 kilometers west of the port city of Takoradi, south of the highway leading to the C?te d'Ivoire border, in the Western Region, Ghana to the west of Cape Three Points....
    : 1486 – February 1642
  • Fort São Francisco Xavier, modern Osu
    OSU

    OSU can stand for:* United States institutions of higher education:** The Ohio State University** Oklahoma State University** Oregon State University...
    : 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
Dutch Gold Coast

The Dutch Gold Coast, or Dutch Guinea, was a portion of coastal West Africa that was gradually colonized by the Dutch beginning in 1598. On February 21, 1871, the British purchased all Dutch Gold Coast Settlements and were incorporated into its Gold Coast colony....
 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
    Lopo Soares de Albergaria

    Lopo Soares de Albergaria was the Captain of the Portugal Armada when they came to Jeddah, presently in Saudi Arabia. He was made Viceroy#Portuguese Empire of Portuguese India, which at the time included Portuguese Ceylon, having landed at Colombo in 1518 with a large fleet....
  • 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
    Duarte Pacheco Pereira

    Duarte Pacheco Pereira, called the Great, was a 15th century Portugal sea captain, explorer and cartography. He travelled particularly in the central Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde islands, along the coast of West Africa and to India....
  • 1522–1524 - Afonso de Albuquerque
    Afonso de Albuquerque

    Dom Afonso de Albuquerque was a Portugal fidalgo, or nobleman, a naval general officer whose military and administrative activities conquered and established the Portuguese empire in the Indian ocean....
  • 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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