The uninhabited islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were discovered and named
by Portuguese sailors in 1470 and 1471 respectively. In the course of the
following years they were settled by Portuguese, Jews and slaves from Angola
At first each island was a donataria or fief of the Portuguese crown, but
later direct royal rule was imposed and in 1753 the islands were merged into
a single Portuguese dependency. (1)
(1) São Tomé was a donataria from 1485 to 1522 - Príncipe from 1500 to
1753.
It was from São Tomé that the fort of São João Baptista de AJudá on
the African coast was erected in 1680.
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Governors
Governadores
1869 - 1872 Pedro Carlos de Aguiar Craveiro Lopes
1872 - 1873 João Clímaco de Carvalho 1... - 1873
1873 - 1876 Capt. Gregório José Ribeiro
1876 - 1879 Lieut. Capt. Estanislau Xavier de Assunção
e Almeida (3x)
1879 Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
1879 - 1880 Lieut. Custódio Miguel de Borja*
1880 - 1881 Vicente Pinheiro Lôbo Machado de Melo e Almada
1881 - 1882 Augusto Maria Leão*
1882 - 1884 Francisco Teixeira da Silva
1884 - 1886 Lieut. Custódio Miguel de Borja (2x)
1886 - 1890 Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento
1890 - 1891 Col. Firmino José da Costa
1891 - 1894 Francisco Eugénio Pereira de Miranda
1894 - 1895 Lieut. Jaime Lobo Brito Godins*
1895 - 1897 Cipriano Leite Pereira Jardim
1897 - 1899 Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança
1899 - 1901 Maj. Amâncio de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral
1901 Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira*
1901 - 1902 Capt. Joaquim Xavier de Brito
1902 - 1903 Capt. João Abel Antunes Mesquita Guimarães
1903 Capt. João Gregório Duarte Ferreira*
1903 - 1907 Lieut. Francisco de Paula Cid
1907 Vitor Augusto Chaves Lemos e Melo*
1907 - 1908 Lieut. Capt. Pedro Berquó
1908 - 1909 Vitor Augusto Chaves Lemos e Melo* (2x)
1909 - 1910 Lieut. Capt. José Augusto Vieira da Fonseca
1910 Jaime Daniel Leote do Rego
1910 Fernando Augusto de Carvalho
1910 Carlos de Mendonça Pimentel e Melo*
1910 - 1911 António Pinto Miranda Guedes
1911 Jaime Daniel Leote do Rego (2x)
1911 - 1913 Mariano Martins
1913 - 1915 Pedro do Amaral Boto Machado
1915 José Dionisio Carneiro de Sousa e Faroo
1915 - 1918 Capt. Rafael dos Santos Oliveira*
1918 - 1919 Col. João Gregório Duarte Ferreira (2x)
1919 - 1920 Avelino Augusto de Oliveira Leite
1920 Lieut. Col. José Augusto de Coceição Alves Vélez*
1920 - 1921 Eduardo Nogueira de Lemos*
1921 - 1924 António José Pereira
1924 - 1926 Eugénio de Barros Soares Branco
1926 - 1928 José Duarte Junqueira Rato
1928 - 1929 Sebastião José Barbosa*
1929 Francisco Penteado
1929 - 1933 Capt. Luís Augusto Vieira Fernandes
1933 - 1941 Capt. Ricardo Vaz Monteiro
1941 - 1945 Maj. Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo
1945 - 1948 Capt. Carlos de Sousa Gorgulho
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