• Governor of Bermuda (1755–1763) Angola – António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–1758) Macau – Francisco Antonio Pereira Coutinho, Governor of Macau...
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  • 1754. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed. Angola – António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–58) Macau – D. Rodrigo de Castro, Governor...
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  • native rulers are also listed. Angola – António de Almeida, Governor of Angola (1749–53) António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–58) Macau –...
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    Christians. D. Luís da Cunha was born on 25 January 1662, in Lisbon, to D. António Álvares da Cunha, 18th Lord of Tábua, head of the House of Cunha and a member...
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  • Governor of Bermuda (1755–1763) Angola – António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–1758) Macau – Francisco Antonio Pereira Coutinho, Governor of Macau...
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  • Angola – António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–1758) Macau – D. Rodrigo de Castro, Governor of Macau (1752–1755) Francisco Antonio Pereira...
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    Euclides da Cunha (Portuguese: [ewˈklidʒiʒ ˈkũɲɐ], January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most...
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    First Viceroy of Brazil and travelogue, Relação da viagem, que fêz o Conde de Azambuja, D. António Rolim, da cidade de S. Paulo para a vila de Cuiabá em 1751...
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  • Angola – António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–1758) António de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1758–1764) Macau – Francisco Antonio Pereira...
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    later, São Paulo regained its autonomy under the administration of Luís António de Sousa Botelho Mourão, the third Morgado de Mateus, who created several...
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  • 1500, the year of discovery of Brazil by a naval fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. In the early sixteenth century, Brazil was not a major settled...
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    Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (/ˌvæsku ˈɡɑːmə, ˈɡæmə/; European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese...
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    Gonçalo Álvares" (in Portuguese). Guia Geográfico Tristão da Cunha. Retrieved 9 December 2020. Alvaro Velho (1999). Roteiro da primeira viagem de Vasco da Gama...
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    historically as Gonçalo Álvares, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British...
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    António de Alcáçova Carneiro, Lord of the Majorat of Alcáçovas, High Alcaide of Campo Maior, Governor of Castelo de Ouguela D. António Álvares da Cunha...
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    rich". In 1507, he was joined by João Gomes, a priest sent by Tristão da Cunha, who had reached Ethiopia by way of Socotra. When the Portuguese embassy...
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    D. António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas and 4th Count of Prado (6 April 1644 – 25 December 1721) was a Portuguese general and colonial administrator...
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    29 December 1763, by the governor-general of Brazil António Álvares da Cunha, 1st Count da Cunha, with the purpose of repairing ships of the Portuguese...
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    Carvalho obtained with the viceroy D. Antônio Álvares da Cunha a sesmaria to found a farm of cattle and supplies (Fazenda da Posse) between the Paraíba River...
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  • Thumbnail for António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo
    António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo (Lisbon, 5 February 1778 – 1839) was a Portuguese politician, navy officer, diplomat and colonial administrator...
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    near Monte Pascoal, by the fleet commanded by Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral, on 22 April 1500. Cabral's voyage is part of the so-called Portuguese...
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    reaffirm the King's rule over the colonies. Sousa's relationship with Manuel da Nóbrega and the Jesuit missionaries allowed him to keep watch on other territories...
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    Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers,...
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    surprised even some government officials. The Minister of the Kingdom, Tomás António de Vila Nova Portugal, disapproved of the procedure and ordered the Count...
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    in July 1669. The famous philosopher, writer and Jesuit speaker Father António Vieira wrote about André Vidal de Negreiros in one of his letters to the...
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  • Francisco Xavier da Cunha Aragão (15 March 1891–26 February 1973) was a Cavalry officer of the Portuguese Army who reached the rank of lieutenant colonel...
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    was divided into two sections, with Aires da Cunha and João de Barros holding the first and Fernando Álvares de Andrade the second. European colonization...
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  • Barbosa de Araújo (1778–1856) Elias Álvares Lobo (1834–1901) Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896) Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1846–1913) Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)...
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    Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000...
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    Marchetti Vik Muniz Antonio Carlos Pannunzio Ricardo Hirschbruch Lais Bodanzky Laerte Coutinho Bruna Lombardi José Leonilson Alexandre da Cunha Official website...
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