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São Jorge da Mina
The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present day Ghana ) on the Gulf of Guinea .
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.
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 Albuquerque1539–1541 - 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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