Manuel António Martins

Manuel António Martins (1772 in Braga-1845) was a Portuguese administrator and colonial governor of Cape Verde and Guinea (Portuguese Guinea, now Guinea-Bissau) from 1833 to 1835.

He was born in Braga to João António Cosqueiro and Italian Bernarda di Autrello, he moved to Cape Verde in 1792 and became the 71st colonial governor of Cape Verde and Guinea between 1833 and 1835, he was nominated royal counsellor, an honorary vice-consul to the United States and the main responsible of a settlement on Sal Island, he later became signed as a prefect, he made slaves on the island since 1799 for exploring salt in Pedra de Lume, Sal's first settlement, discovered a marsh right for its activity, some steps for a good anchorage. Its access to a march had been opened to slaves, in 1804, a tunnel was carved (first in Cape Verde) to carry salts out to port, made by Turinvest and was numbered "P14" and changed to a thalassotherapy (salt therapy) center. In 1830, he officially founded Santa Maria in the south of Sal, he later raised its business in Pedra de Lume. The main defender of Cape Verde and administrator of marketing, for some times and helped to fund grocery expenses during famine, during the famine, he temporarily moved the capital to Picos for several years on February 14, 1834.[1] He married Maria Josefa Ferreira, daughter of Aniceto António Ferreira Álvares Mendes, born in Nelas, Captain-General of Boavista and wife of Filipa Inês da Graça.

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  1. ↑ "Discurso PM, Dr. José Maria Pereira Neves, na Cerimónia de Inauguração da Universidade de Santiago", Assomada, February 16, 2009
Preceded by
D. José Coutinho de Lencastre		 Colonial Governor of Cape Verde
1834-35 		Succeeded by
Joaquim Pereira Marinho


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