Joaquim Marques Esparteiro
{{short description|Portuguese writer (1985-1976)}}
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|office = Governor of Macau
|term_start = 13 November 1951
|term_end = 8 March 1957
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|predecessor = Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira
|successor = Pedro Correia de Barros
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|birth_place = Abrantes, Portugal
|death_date = {{death year and age|1976|1895}}
|death_place = Lisbon, Portugal
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Joaquim Marques Esparteiro (28 January 1895 – 1976) was a Portuguese navy officer and colonial administrator.
Biography
Esparteiro was born in Abrantes on 28 January 1895. He attended the course of Naval School with a specialization in Artillery, then he graduated from University of Coimbra or University of Lisbon with a licentiate. He was also a professor of Ballistics, Calculation, Mechanics and the Artillery Specialization Course for Officers at Naval School.{{Cite web |url=http://motg.no.sapo.pt/p201.htm |title=Cópia arquivada |access-date=2012-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121104/http://motg.no.sapo.pt/p201.htm |archive-date=2014-05-17 }}"Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira", Editorial Enciclopédia, Volume Dez ESCAR - FEBRA, p. 214
On 13 November 1951, Esparteiro was appointed the Governor of Macau, replacing Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira.{{cite web |url=http://www.macaudata.com/macaubook/encyclopedia/documents/690.htm |title= 澳門百科全書 附件三:人名錄 |access-date=2020-03-30 |work=Virtual library of Macau |language=zh}} During his tenure, the tension between Macau and Communist China was palpable. In July 1952, a major border incident happened at Portas do Cerco with Portuguese African Troops exchanging fire with Chinese Communist border guards.{{cite book |last=Wordie |first=Jason |date=2013 |title=Macao - People and Places, Past and Present |location=Hong Kong |publisher=Angsana Limited |isbn=978-988-12696-0-7 | pages =6–7 | chapter=1. Portas do Cerco }} According to a telegram by Esparteiro to then-Overseas Minister Sarmento Rodrigues, local Chinese businessmen like Dr. O Lon and Ma Man-kei opposed the Guangdong government's aggressive response to Portugal's possible embargo against China.{{Cite journal|last1=Fernandes|first1=Moises Silva|date=2008|title=Macao in Sino-Portuguese relations, 1949-1955|journal=Portuguese Studies Review|language=en|volume=16|issue=1|pages=164|issn=1057-1515}} In 1955, the Chinese government, suggested by Zhou Enlai and with the mediation of then-Hong Kong Governor Alexander Grantham, forced Macau to cancel the {{ill|400 year celebration of the Colonial Macau|zh|澳門開埠四百周年紀念事件|lt=400 year celebration of foundation}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.safp.gov.mo/safptc/download/WCM_003360 |title=1955年取消澳門開埠四百周年慶典的前因後果 |work= 行政公職局 |access-date= 30 March 2020 |language=zh}}{{Cite journal|last1=Fernandes|first1=Moises Silva|date=2008|title=Macao in Sino-Portuguese relations, 1949-1955|journal=Portuguese Studies Review|language=en|volume=16|issue=1|pages=168|issn=1057-1515}} He left office as governor on 8 March 1957.
In Taipa, Admiral Marques Esparteiro Road (Estrada Almirante Marques Esparteiro, {{lang|zh|史伯泰海軍將軍馬路}}) was named after him.
Publications
- Arte de Marinheiro (1924, Macau);
- Lições de Química Aplicada, Explosivos e Balística Interna (1927, Lisbon);
- A few critical observations on Ballistic Experiments (conferência) (1933, publicada nas Transactions of Barrow-and-Furness Engineers Association);
- Manual de Munições (publicação oficial do Ministério da Marinha (1934, London);
- Resolução de Triângulos Esféricos (1936, Lisbon);
- Trigonometria Esférica com aplicações à Geodesia, Astronomia e Navegação (1941, Lisbon);
- Guia de Balística Interna, de colaboração com o Primeiro-Tenente Ramalho Rosa (1942, Lisbon).
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