João de Castro
João de Castro (born February 7, 1500 in Lisbon , † June 6, 1548 in Goa ) was a Portuguese general and navigator .
Castro fought against the Moors in his early youth and accompanied Charles V to Tunis . In 1540 he took part in the Portuguese expedition to the Red Sea and in 1545 was appointed governor of the Estado da Índia . Here he made a name for himself in particular by defending Diu against the Muslims . In 1548 he was raised by the governor to the fourth viceroy of Portuguese India .
His most interesting letters from the East Indies to the King of Portugal are kept in the library at Lisbon.
João de Castro died in Goa on June 6, 1548.
The Dom-João-de-Castro-Bank , a shoal between the Azores islands of São Miguel and Terceira, was named after him . He is also the namesake for Mount Castro in the Antarctic.
literature
- Jacinto Freire de Andrada : Vida de Dom João de Castro, quarto Viso-Rey da India . Officina Craesbeeckina, Lisboa 1651 (eighth edition Paris, Lisboa 1759).
- Jacinto Freire de Andrada: Vita Joannis de Castro Indiarum Pro-Regis IV. Olim Lusitano sermone descripta nunc in Latinum conversa interprete Francisco Maria del Rossa. R. Bernabó, Roma 1727.
- Jacinto Freire de Andrada: The Life of Dom John de Castro, the Fourth Vice-Roy of India. Translated into English by Peter Wyche. H. Heringman, London 1764.
Web links
- Literature by and about João de Castro in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography João de Castros (Portuguese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castro, João de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese general and navigator. IV. Vice-King of Portuguese India |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1548 |
| Place of death | Goa |