João da Mata Chapuzet (1777 – 8 August 1842) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect. He was
colonial governor of Cape Verde, succeeding
António Pusich
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...
on 16 January 1823. He was succeeded as governor by
Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos on 13 December 1826.
Governor Chapuzet initiated the modernisation of the city of Praia.
[Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia]
Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 315
See also
*
List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
*
History of Cape Verde
The recorded history of Cape Verde begins with the Portuguese discovery of the island in 1456. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at least 2000 years.
Prehistory
Cape Verde's first seamount rose above the water about 20 mill ...
Notes
1777 births
1842 deaths
Colonial heads of Cape Verde
Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
{{CapeVerde-politician-stub