Asia Captain-major



a historic map age of exploration, showing southeast asia



since 1518 (except in 1524 1551) portuguese captain-major appointed colombo, capital of kotte kingdom on portuguese ceylon island (present sri lanka), until last incumbent, pedro homem pereira, promoted governor in 1594; on 27 may 1597, king dharmapala of kotte dies without heirs, , bequeaths entire kingdom king of portugal, making ceylon portuguese colony
since in 1557 portuguese established trading post @ macau (subordinated goa in portuguese india), had captains-major till 1622, governors since 7 july 1623 until 19 december 1999 (finally returned china)
portuguese timor, colony since 1642, had captains @ least since 1647, captains-major 1665-1702, next governors
ormus (present hormuz, in iran) had captains-major both in september 1507 - january 1508 portuguese first occupy it, again when since 1 april 1515 hormuz (ormuz) island became portuguese possession (subordinated goa in portuguese india), until 3 may 1622 incorporated persia
portuguese malacca, since 24 august 1511 portuguese colony on peninsular malaysia, had captains-major since 1512 (subordinated goa) till 14 january 1641, next captains-general, till lost on 14 january 1641 dutch.






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