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Francisco Maria da Cunha

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Francisco Maria da Cunha (Angra do Heroísmo, December 22, 1832 - Lisbon, 13 January 1909) was a military, political and Portuguese colonial administrator. [1]

14 relations: Africa, Angra do Heroísmo, Colonialism, Governor, Governor-general, José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Landing at Mindelo, List of colonial governors of Mozambique, List of governors of Portuguese India, Mindelo, Mozambique, Oceania, Portuguese India, Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses.

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Angra do Heroísmo

Angra do Heroísmo, generally known as Angra, is a municipality and city on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores.

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Colonialism

Colonialism is the policy of a polity seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of developing or exploiting them to the benefit of the colonizing country and of helping the colonies modernize in terms defined by the colonizers, especially in economics, religion and health.

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Governor

A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state.

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Governor-general

Governor-general (plural governors-general) or governor general (plural governors general), in modern usage, is the title of an office-holder appointed to represent the monarch of a sovereign state in the governing of an independent realm.

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José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (19 May 1814 – 10 December 1879) was a Portuguese noble and military figure and a colonial administrator.

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Landing at Mindelo

Landing of the liberal forces in Oporto on 8 July 1832 The landing at Mindelo was a landing of Portuguese Liberal forces near Mindelo (Vila do Conde) North of Porto on 8 July 1832, and turning point in the Liberal Wars (1828 - 1834).

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List of colonial governors of Mozambique

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Mozambique, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Mozambique.

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List of governors of Portuguese India

The government of Portuguese India started in 1505, six years after the discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Kochi.

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Mindelo

Mindelo (Cape Verdean Creole: Mindel’) is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique) is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest.

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.

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Portuguese India

The State of India (Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da Índia, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, founded six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and the Indian Subcontinent to serve as the governing body of a string of Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas.

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Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Maria_da_Cunha

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