Borba Gato

Manuel de Borba Gato
Bronze statue of Borba Gato by Nicola Rollo, now in the Museu Paulista
Born1649 (1649)
Died1718 (aged 68–69)
Sabará, Brazil, Kingdom of Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Known forbandeiras
SpouseMaria Leite
Parents
  • João de Borba Gato (father)
  • Sebastiana Rodrigues (mother)
RelativesFernão Dias Pais (father-in-law)

Manuel de Borba Gato (1649–1718) was a bandeirante in Colonial Brazil.[1] He began his career with his father-in-law Fernão Dias Pais. When he died in 1718 he held the office of Juiz ordinário of the town of Sabará. It is not known where he is buried, perhaps in the Capela de Santo Antônio or the Capela de Santana in the old town of Sabará, or even, according to various writers, in Paraopeba where he had an estate. Beyond being a discoverer of mines, he was an effective administrator at the end of his life.

  1. ^ Higgins, Kathleen J. (2010-11-01). Licentious Liberty in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region: Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabar‡, Minas Gerais. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0271042558.