José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa

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José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa († 1820 in Portuguese Timor ) was a Portuguese officer and colonial administrator. From 1815 to 1820 he was governor of Portuguese Timor and Solor , whose sphere of influence also included other of the Lesser Sunda Islands .

Service on Timor

Before serving in Timor, Azevedo e Sousa was an artillery captain in Macau .

During his tenure in Timor, Lieutenant Colonel Azevedo e Sousa put down a Batugade rebellion . During the same period, however, the Dutch occupied the island of Pantar, which is part of the Portuguese sphere of influence, and on April 20, 1818 the important river port of Atapupu , which had been a major source of customs revenue for the Portuguese. Azevedo e Sousa complained to the central Dutch colonial administration in Batavia , threatened to take troops against the Dutch in Timor and demanded financial compensation. However, the Commission found that the Portuguese had misrepresented the facts. It is believed that Portugal retaliated for the loss by providing men and arms to the rebellious ruler of Amanuban in West Timor .

Azevedo e Sousa had an expedition search for oil in the colony.

In 1820 Azevedo e Sousa died in the colony. The administration of the colony was taken over by government councils until the arrival of the new governor Manuel Joaquim de Matos Góis in 1821.

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  1. ↑ Hans Hägerdal: governor of Portuguese Timor to 1832 ; Sources: Artur Teodoro de Matos: Timor Portugues, 1515–1769 (Lisboa 1974), Affonso de Castro: As possessões portuguezas na Oceania (1867) and Luna de Oliveira: Timor na historia de Portugal (1940s)
  2. ↑ José Ignacio de Andrade: Memoria dos feitos macaenses contra os piratas da China e da entrada violenta dos inglezes na cidade de Macáo , May 17, 2011
  3. ^ Timor Oriental: Governadores
  4. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
  5. ↑ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor , p. 54 ( Memento of the original of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Lisbon Technical University (PDF file; 805 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt
predecessor Office successor
Vitorio Freire da Cunha Gusmão Governor of Portuguese Timor
1815–1820 		Manuel Joaquim de Matos Góis
personal data
SURNAME Azevedo e Sousa, José Pinto Alcoforado de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 1820
Place of death Portuguese Timor