Pedro de Rego Barreto da Gama e Castro

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Pedro de Rego Barreto da Gama e Castro was a Portuguese colonial administrator.

From 1731 to 1734 Gama e Castro was governor of Portuguese Timor . When he arrived in the then colonial capital Lifau , he found his predecessor Pedro de Melo besieged by the Topasse . The situation was so critical that Melo had already planned to give up the place. Only the reinforcements and food brought by Gama e Castro saved Lifau for the time being for the Portuguese.

Gama e Castro then sailed to Dili , where, thanks to the contracts of his predecessor, he was able to enter into negotiations with the rebel leader and Topasse Francisco Fernandes Vaerella . Amnesty was granted to the rebels on the orders of the Viceroy of Goa . A Portuguese garrison was set up again in Manatuto . As the negotiations dragged on, Gama e Castro returned to Lifau and made a stopover in Batugade . The base there had been abandoned by the Portuguese in the course of the Cailaco rebellion that had been going on since 1719. Gama e Castro persuaded the local rebel chief and Topasse Dom Lourenço da Costa to give up. On September 19, 1731, the empire of Camenaça , one of the leading rebel empires, finally asked for peace, but that same month Vaerella rebelled, supported by the empire of Vemasse . A peace treaty was signed on March 16, 1732, but Gama e Costa was only allowed to rest for a short time. New rebellions broke out several times. Gama e Castro had to crack down on Vemasse, Laleia , Faturó ( Futoro ) and Sarau ( Sarão ). Eventually Vaerella could be defeated. In 1734 Gama e Castro was replaced by António Moniz de Macedo , who took office for the second time.

Gama e Castro was Governor of Mozambique from 1743 to 1746 .

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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. ↑ a b History of Timor, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512–1945) suivie des événements récents (1975–1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
predecessor Office successor
Pedro de Melo Governor of Portuguese Timor
1731–1734 		Antonio Moniz de Macedo
personal data
SURNAME Rego Barreto da Gama e Castro, Pedro de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century