Gaspar da Costa (d. Penfui, West Timor, 9 November 1749) was the leader or tenente geral (lieutenant general) of the Portuguese-speaking Topasses, a Eurasian group that dominated much of the politics on Timor in the early modern period. He was largely responsible for the dramatic collapse of Portuguese power in West Timor, a process that laid the foundations for the modern division of Timor in an Indonesian and an independent part.
GaspardaCosta (d. Penfui, West Timor, 9 November 1749) was the leader or tenente geral (lieutenant general) of the Portuguese-speaking Topasses, a Eurasian...
Franz Magnis-Suseno, Jesuit Gading Marten, son of Roy Marten GaspardaCosta Gavin Kwan Adsit, footballer (Chinese-Indonesian mother, American father)...
from the battlefield, resulting in the death of the Topass leader GaspardaCosta. Following the battle, both Topass and Portuguese influence on Timor...
Marshal Artur daCosta e Silva (Portuguese: [aʁˈtuʁ dɐ ˈkɔstɐ i ˈsiwvɐ]; 3 October 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a brazilian army marshal and the second...
Portuguese groups. In 1749 a political crisis involving Topass leader GaspardaCosta resulted in another war with the Dutch. When he marched on Kupang with...
Gasparda Silveira Martins (Cerro Largo Department, August 5, 1835 - Montevideo, July 23, 1901) was a Brazilian magistrate and politician. He was a provincial...
Kupang's El Tari International Airport is located there), Capitão-Mor GaspardaCosta and many other Topasse leaders were killed. A total of 40,000 warriors...
long years there was a bloody struggle for power between the families daCosta and de Hornay. At the end they shared the power. The Larantuqueiros made...
direct contact between Aceh and the Portuguese took place in 1519 when GaspardaCosta arrived by ship but was captured by the inhabitants. He was later ransomed...
Tulicão west of Lifau, and Animata in the inland. Under their leader GaspardaCosta they attacked the Dutch colonial post at Kupang in 1749 but were smashingly...
Saudades da Terra is a manuscript, was published by father Gaspar Frutuoso, which forms a reference work on Macaronesia in the late 16th century. The manuscript...
Gomes daCosta GOA, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes daCosta (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl ˈɣomɨʒ ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]) or just Gomes daCosta (14...
navigation. Da Gama's near-contemporary Gaspar Correia and others have claimed that he studied under Abraham Zacuto, an astrologer and astronomer, but da Gama's...
Gaspar Correia (1492 – c. 1563 in Goa) was a Portuguese historian considered a Portuguese Polybius. He authored Lendas da Índia (Legends of India), one...
had built the statue was first raised by Gaspar Frutuoso in the 16th century, however, Rodrigues and Costa argue that Frutuoso lacked any criteria to...
confrontation between the VOC post in Kupang and the Topass leader GaspardaCosta. In the Battle of Penfui in November 1749 the attacking Topass army...
Joseph I of Portugal Left post GaspardaCosta Chargé d'affaires 1772 ? 1772? Joseph I of Portugal Left post João Filipe da Fonseca Official February 1773...
Saturnino Monteiro: Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa 1139-1975, volume VI, 1995, Livraria Sá daCosta Editora, p. 24. Frederick Charles Danvers...
Afonso Augusto daCosta, GCTE, GCL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈfõsu ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born in Seia, 6 March 1871; died in Paris, 11 May 1937) was a Portuguese...
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (8 December 1865 – 1 December 1938) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. Rodrigues Gaspar was President of the Ministry...
six-part tome Saudades da Terra, as well as Saudades do Céu. He is normally cited in settlement history of the islands of the Azores. Gaspar Frutuoso was born...
Domingos Augusto Alves daCosta Oliveira GCTE (Portuguese pronunciation: [duˈmĩɡuʒ ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ]; 31 July 1873 – 24 December 1957) was a Portuguese...
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