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{{Short description|Portuguese soldier, politician, and scientist (1869–1940)}}
{{Infobox governor
{{Infobox governor
|name = Abel Fontoura da Costa
|name = Abel Fontoura da Costa
|image = FontouraDaCosta.png
|image = FontouraDaCosta.png
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|caption = Fontoura da Costa, c. 1923.
|caption = Fontoura da Costa, c. 1923
|background =
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|birth_name =
|birth_name =
|birth_date = 9 December 1869
|birth_date = 9 December 1869
|birth_place = [[Alpiarça]] center
|birth_place = [[Alpiarça]]
|death_date = 7 December 1940
|death_date = 7 December 1940
|death_place = Lisbon
|death_place = São Pedro do Estoril, [[Cascais]]
|nationality = Portuguese
|nationality = Portuguese
|office=[[List of colonial governors of Cape Verde|Colonial governor of Cape Verde]]
|office=[[List of colonial governors of Cape Verde|Colonial governor of Cape Verde]]
|term_start=1915
|term_start=11 September 1915
|term_end=1918
|term_end=9 March 1918
|predecessor=[[Joaquím Pedro Vieira Júdice Bicker]]
|predecessor=[[Joaquim Pedro Vieira Judice Bicker]]
|successor=[[Teófilo Duarte]]
|successor=[[Teófilo Duarte]]
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'''Abel Fontoura da Costa''. (9 December 1869 – 7 December 1940) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military personnel and a politician.
'''Abel Fontoura da Costa''' (9 December 1869 – 7 December 1940) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military officer, a politician and a scientist.<ref name=arquivo>[http://adstr.dglab.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/12/ABEL-FONTOURA-DA-COSTA.pdf Abel Fontoura da Costa], Leonor Lopes, Arquivo Distrital de Santarém</ref>


He attended the [[Colégio Militar|Royal Military College]] and enlisted into the Navy in 1887. His highest rank was [[Captain (naval)|Captain]]. In 1901, he took part in a commission that marked the boundary between [[Portuguese Angola]] and [[Congo Free State]].<ref name=hidro>{{cite web|url=http://www.hidrografico.pt/abel-fontoura-da-costa-1869-1940.php|title=Fontoura da Costa - Hydrographic Institute|website=hidrografico.pt|language=pt|access-date=2016-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606155507/http://www.hidrografico.pt/abel-fontoura-da-costa-1869-1940.php|archive-date=2016-06-06|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=arquivo/> He was [[List of colonial governors of Cape Verde|governor of Cape Verde]] from 11 September 1915 until 9 March 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cape_Verde.html|title=Cape Verde|website=worldstatesmen.org}}</ref> He was Minister of Agriculture in 1923, in the government of [[António Maria da Silva]].<ref>[http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-antonio-maria-da-silva-1922-1923/ Governo de António Maria da Silva (1922-1923)], politipedia.pt</ref> He was the director of the [[Escola Superior Náutica Infante Dom Henrique|Escola Náutica]] from 1936 to 1939.<ref name=hidro/>
==Biography==
He attended at the [[Royal Military College (Portugal)|Royal Military College]] where he was enlisted as a marine in 1887 and became ranked as a sea and military captain. In 1901, he took part in marking the boundary between (Portuguese) [[Angola]] and the (Belgian) Congo (now the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hidrografico.pt/abel-fontoura-da-costa-1869-1940.php|title=Fontoura da Costa - Hydrographic Institute|website=hidrografico.pt|language=pt}}</ref> He was responsible as [[Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture|minister of agriculture]] from 9 January to 18 August 1923 and a marine general in 1923. He held different positions at the Marine High School Command in 1923. He was also director at the Navy School of Physical Education of the Army in 1932 and DIrector of the Navy School from 1936 to 1959. He was governor of Cape Verde between 1915 and 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rulers.org/rulc1.html#Cabo_Verde|title=Cape Verde|website=rulers.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cape_Verde.html|title=Cape Verde|website=worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://centenariorepublica.cm-lisboa.pt/|title=Centennial of the Portuguese Republic|publisher=City of Lisbon|language=pt}}</ref>


He received the following decorations:<ref name="OHn">{{cite web|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153 |title=Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas |publisher=Presidência da República Portuguesa|access-date=7 November 2018}}, search result for "Abel Fontoura da Costa"</ref>
He did not took academic curriculum, he lectured for a few years before he became a rector at the Lisbon Central Lyceum from 1907 to 1910. He was member of the [[Portuguese Academy of Science]] ahd History in 1935 and commissioner of the [[Portuguese Naval Museum|Naval Museum]] in 1936 and president of the Lisbon(ese) Football Association in 1910.
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* Commander of the [[Order of Aviz|Military Order of Avis]] of Portugal (11 March 1919)

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* Grand Officer of the [[Order of Aviz|Military Order of Avis]] of Portugal (19 October 1920)
On 11 March 1919 he was made Commander of the [[Order of Avis|Military Order of Avis]], together with another former governor of Cape Verde [[Bernardo António da Costa de Macedo]] became Grand Officer, later he became a Grand Officer of the same order on 19 October 1920.<ref name="Portuguese Orders">{{cite web|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153|title=Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|publisher=Presidency of the Portuguese Republic|language=pt|accessdate=1 August 2013}}</ref>

He died on 7 December 1940 just two days before his 71st birthday.

===Decorations===
He received decorations including:
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* [[File:PRT Military Order of Aviz - Commander BAR.png|60px]] Commander of the [[Order of Aviz|Military Order of Avis]] of Portugal (11 March 1919)<ref name="Portuguese Orders"/>
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* [[File:PRT Military Order of Aviz - Grand Officer BAR.png|60px]] Grand Officer of the [[Order of Aviz|Military Order of Avis]] of Portugal (19 October 1920)<ref name="Portuguese Orders"/>

==Published works==
* ''Aplicação das tábuas de estrada e logaritmos de subtracção do método de Ste Hilaire'' (1889)
* ''Viagens nas regiões antárcticas'' (''Voyages in the Antarctic Regions'')
* ''O encontro da expedição de Nordenskiold pelo navio argentino Uruguay'' [''About the Nordenskjold Expeditiion with the Argentine Navy in Uruguay''] (1903)
* ''Tábuas Náuticas'' [''Navy Boards''/ (1907)
* ''Marinharia dos Descobrimentos'' (1933)
* ''La Science Nautique des Portuguais à l’époque des Découvertes'' [''Portuguese Navy Sciences in the Age of Discovery''] (1935)
* ''Às portas da Índia em 1484'' [''Ports of India in 1484''] (1936)
* ''Sobre uma nova versão do descobrimento da Ilha de Santiago de Cabo Verde'' [''About the New Version of the Discovery of the Island of Santiago de Cabo Verde''] (1938)
* ''Cartas das ilhas de Cabo Verde de [[Valentim Fernandes]]: 1506-1508'' [''Maps of the Cape Verdean Islands by Valentim Fernandes''] (1939)
* ''A Carta de [[Pêro Vaz de Caminha]]'' [''A Map by Pero Vaz de Caminha'']
* ''Roteiros portugueses inéditos da carreira da Índia do século XVI'' (1940)

===Unfinished works related to the navy===
* ''Livros de Marinharia'' do século XVI (''Marine Books of the Sixteenth Century'')
* ''Roteiro da primeira viagem de Vasco da Gama'', by [[Álvaro Velho]]
* Collection of complete works by [[Pedro Nunes]].


==See also==
==See also==
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|before=[[Joaquím Pedro Vieira Júdice Bicker]]
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Latest revision as of 20:29, 25 September 2024

Abel Fontoura da Costa
Fontoura da Costa, c. 1923
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
11 September 1915 – 9 March 1918
Preceded byJoaquim Pedro Vieira Judice Bicker
Succeeded byTeófilo Duarte
Personal details
Born9 December 1869
Alpiarça
Died7 December 1940
São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais
NationalityPortuguese

Abel Fontoura da Costa (9 December 1869 – 7 December 1940) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military officer, a politician and a scientist.[1]

He attended the Royal Military College and enlisted into the Navy in 1887. His highest rank was Captain. In 1901, he took part in a commission that marked the boundary between Portuguese Angola and Congo Free State.[2][1] He was governor of Cape Verde from 11 September 1915 until 9 March 1918.[3] He was Minister of Agriculture in 1923, in the government of António Maria da Silva.[4] He was the director of the Escola Náutica from 1936 to 1939.[2]

He received the following decorations:[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Abel Fontoura da Costa, Leonor Lopes, Arquivo Distrital de Santarém
  2. ^ a b "Fontoura da Costa - Hydrographic Institute". hidrografico.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  3. ^ "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. ^ Governo de António Maria da Silva (1922-1923), politipedia.pt
  5. ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 7 November 2018., search result for "Abel Fontoura da Costa"
Preceded by Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1915-1918 		Succeeded by
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