Vicento Ferreira de Carvalho

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Vicento Ferreira de Carvalho was a Portuguese colonial administrator. From 1756 to 1759 he was governor of Timor and Solor .

During this time the Portuguese were in dire straits on Timor . Since 1719 a large part of the Timorese rulers were in turmoil in the Cailaco rebellion against the colonial power. The closest allies of the Portuguese, the Topasse , were defeated in the Battle of Penfui against the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1749. In 1756, the VOC concluded an alliance with a large part of the rulers in West Timor and the neighboring islands in the Treaty of Paravicini . With the Portuguese, only Oe-Cusse and Ambeno with the colonial capital Lifau and a little south of Noimuti remained in the west .

In 1759, Vicento Ferreira de Carvalho decided to give up due to the situation and sell Lifau to the Dutch without authorization. When the Dutch wanted to take possession of the place under Hans Albrecht von Plüskow in 1760 , they were faced with a Topasse force. From Plüskow was from Francisco da Hornay III. and António da Costa murdered. Lifau officially remained in Portuguese ownership. To what extent the new Portuguese governor Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito (1759 to 1760) was involved in the defense is stated in the sources contradicting itself.

When Azevedo e Brito was expelled from the colony in 1760, a councilor ( Conselho Governativo ) initially took over the administration of the colony, which also included Vicente Ferreira de Carvalho. In 1762 the members of the government council were exchanged. In 1763, the new governor Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão arrived on Timor.

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  1. ↑ Hans Hägerdal Governors 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 c James J. Fox, “The Paradox of Powerlessness: Timor in Historical Perspective,” December 9, 1996, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University ( Memento July 6, 2007 im Internet Archive ) (PDF; 70 kB)
  3. ↑ History of Timor, pp. 44ff
  4. ↑ Colonial Voyage: Davide Parassoni: Cronologia dell'Espansione Portoghesa a Timor ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.colonialvoyage.com
  5. ↑ History of Timor, p. 45
predecessor Office successor
Manuel Doutel de Figueiredo Sarmento Governor of Portuguese Timor
1756–1759 		Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito
personal data
SURNAME Carvalho, Vicento Ferreira de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century or 19th century