The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present day Ghana) on the Gulf of Guinea.
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 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 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.
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
1513 - Afonso Caldeira
c.1513 - António Fróis
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
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
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
