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Serpa Pinto was born at the Castelo de Poldras (Tendais) in Cinfães, a Portuguese village on the river Douro, on the 10th of April 1846.
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(Serpa Pinto viajou pela primeira vez até à África orienta...)
Serpa Pinto viajou pela primeira vez até à África oriental em 1869 numa expedição ao rio Zambeze. Integrava uma coluna de quase mercenários, cujo objectivo conhecido era o de enfrentar as milícias do Bonga, que já infligira nas tropas portuguesas várias e humilhantes derrotas. Mas Serpa Pinto integra a coluna como técnico, avaliando a rede hidrográfica e a topografia local, pelo que podemos inferir ou suspeitar dos intuitos não apenas bélicos, mas de interesse estratégico no reconhecimento e posterior controle da região. Em 1877 Serpa Pinto é nomeado por Decreto de 11 de Maio do mesmo ano, para participar numa expedição científica à África Central da qual também faziam parte os oficiais da marinha Hermenegildo Capelo e Roberto Ivens. Segundo o decreto foram nomeados "para comporem e dirigirem a expedição que há-de explorar, no interesse da ciência e da civilização', os territórios compreendidos entre as províncias de Angola e Moçambique, e estudar as relações entre as bacias hidrográficas do Zaire e do Zambeze..."
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explorer colonial-administrator
Serpa Pinto was born at the Castelo de Poldras (Tendais) in Cinfães, a Portuguese village on the river Douro, on the 10th of April 1846.
He joined Colégio Militar at age 10. There he became the first student Battalion Commander in 1864, when he joined the Portuguese army and was sent to Portuguese Mozambique.
In 1869 took part in an expedition against tribes in revolt on the lower Zambezi. In 1877 he and Captains Capello and Ivens of the Portuguese navy were sent on an expedition to south central Africa. The explorers left Benguella in November 1877 for the interior, but Serpa Pinto soon parted from his colleagues, who went north, while Serpa Pinto continued east. He crossed the Kwando in June 1878, and in August reached Lialui, the Barotse capital on the Zambezi, where he received help from the Rev. F. Coillard which enabled him to continue his journey down the river to the Victoria Falls, whence he turned south, arriving at Pretoria on the 12th of February 1879. He was the fourth explorer to traverse Africa from west to east, and was the first to lay down with approximate accuracy the route between Bihe and Lialui. The account of his travels appeared in English under the title How I crossed Africa (2 vols. , London, 1881). In 1884 he attempted, with less success, the exploration of the regions I between Mozambique and Lake Nyasa. Appointed governor of Mozambique in 1889, he organized an expedition with the object of securing for Portugal the Shire highlands and neighbouring regions, but the Vigorous action of the British agents (John Buchanan and H. H. Johnston) frustrated this design (see Africa, § 5). Shortly afterwards Serpa Pinto returned to Lisbon and was promoted to the rank of colonel. He died on the 28th of December 1900 in Lisbon.
To honour and remember him, streets and squares in many Portuguese towns and cities were named after him, for example the Rua Serpa Pinto in Lisbon, Porto, Tomar, Évora, Braganca, Torres Vedras, Rio Maior and Cinfães, to mention only a few. In Angola, the town Serpa Pinto (now Menongue), main seat of the province Cuando-Cubango, was named after him. His name was even given to two ships, and as trade name for products like cigars and biscuits. During the 125th commemoration of the founding of the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, two stamps were issued with a portrait of Serpa Pinto in a prominent place, while a portrait of him also appears on a banknote from Angola. In Cinfães the Serpa Pinto Museum was opened on 20 April 2000, housing a small exhibit dedicated to this famous son of the area. On a small square in front of the Museum is a bust of Serpa Pinto. The house where Serpa Pinto's parents lived in Porto Antigo, Cinfães, on the banks of the Rio Bastanéa (Bastança River), where it flows into the Rio Douro (Douro River), has been transformed into the luxurious Estalagem Porto Antigo and the conference hall there is named after Serpa Pinto.
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(Serpa Pinto viajou pela primeira vez até à África orienta...)
(Excerpt from Comment j'Ai Traversé l'Afrique, Vol. 2: Dep...)
(Originally published in 1881. This volume from the Cornel...)
He received honorary membership and awards from various scientific societies, including membership of the French Académie des Sciences' Astronomy division, and the "Founders' Medal" of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
