Initially he served as captain of Diu, as general of the rowing and high-board armadas,[1] then he was appointed 46th Governor of India in 1639, where he remained until 1640.

The combination of diplomatic and military efforts resulted in the battle of Guararapes on April 19, 1648, in which the Dutch were defeated.

In Coimbra and Esgueira there were soldiers who fled and others who excused themselves, citing that they were responsible for their widowed fathers and mothers.

(...) At the same time, prisoners exiled from Limoeiro were ordered to embark for Maranhão, due to the lack of people in that captaincy (decree of July 30 of 1648)".

"To face the Dutch offensive against the Portuguese State of India, in 1657, the Regent and her ministers decided to take the necessary measure: the reconstitution of our António Teles de Meneses was appointed to the position of Viceroy (who had already been governor), one of the rare sea chiefs that existed in Portugal.