Portuguese Gold Coast

Portuguese Gold Coast
Costa do Ouro
Colony
of the Portuguese Empire
1482–1642
Flag Coat of arms
Capital São Jorge da Mina
Languages Portuguese
Religion Roman Catholicism
Political structure Colony
of the Portuguese Empire
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

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:

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:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.



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