Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão

Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão , in some sources: Vitorio Freire da Cunha Gusmão (* 1757 ; † after 1815) was a Portuguese captain in the navy and between March 7, 1812 and May 22, 1815 governor of Portuguese Timor and Solor and captain general .

His predecessor António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessoa died in 1810 in the first year of his term in office. Until 1812, the post of governor was vacant and a Conselho Governativo led the fortunes of the colony. Power was in the hands of Dom Gregório Rodrigues Pereira , the Liurai of Motael , Lieutenant Colonel ( tenente-coronel ) Joaquim António Veloso, and José de Anunciação , the bishop who was residing in Manatuto at the time . Governor Gusmão first had to assert himself against these parties. He was supposed to be supported by written instructions, the Instrúções do Conde de Sarzedas (also Documento Sarzedas ), which the Viceroy in Goa and Count of Sarzedas Bernardo José Maria da Silveira e Lorena wrote for him on April 28, 1811. The document is considered to be one of the most important sources on the colonial history of Portuguese Timor.

Under Governor Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão, Portuguese Timor was the first to try, albeit unsuccessfully, in 1815 to plant coffee in the coastal regions west of Dili and in Liquiçá . It had previously been introduced in Maubara , which was then still in the Netherlands . Gusmão also started growing sugar cane and producing rum .

See also

• History of East Timor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ geneall.net
2. ↑ ^{a b} Documento Sarzedas - 200 Anos de Existência
3. ↑ 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)
4. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
5. ^ Tiago CP dos Reis Miranda: Ceder Timor - composição em fuga
6. ↑ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 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. , P. 54, Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) 

predecessor	Office	successor
António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessoa	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1812–1815	José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa