João da Mata Chapuzet
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João da Mata Chapuzet[1] | |
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Colonial governor of Cape Verde | |
In office 16 January 1823 – 13 December 1826 | |
Preceded by | António Pusich |
Succeeded by | Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos |
Personal details | |
Born | 1777 Lisbon |
Died | 8 August 1842 (age 65) Lisbon |
Nationality | Portuguese |
João da Mata Chapuzet (1777 – 8 August 1842) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect.[2] He was colonial governor of Cape Verde, succeeding António Pusich on 16 January 1823. He was succeeded as governor by Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos on 13 December 1826.[3] Governor Chapuzet initiated the modernisation of the city of Praia.[4]
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[edit]- ^ Diário do governo, Edições 1-153 (in Portuguese). 1821. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ Diccionário bibliográphico portuguez: estudos. Imprensa Nacional. 1859. p. 416.
Chapuzet, João da Mata.
- ^ "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 315