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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.

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Captains-major

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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.

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

Source

★ WorldStatesmen- Ghana