Gaspar da Costa
Male, Deceased Person
– 1749
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Who was Gaspar da Costa?
Gaspar da Costa was the leader or tenente 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.
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