A Portuguese scientific expedition in 1877 departs…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

A Portuguese scientific expedition in 1877 departs from Luanda, led by Hermenegildo Capelo and Roberto Ivens, two naval officers, and Alexandre Serpa Pinto, an army major, travels to the Biéplateau in central Angola, where they separate.

Serpa Pinto explores the headwaters of the Cuanza River in Angola and follows the course of the Zambezi River to Victoria Falls in present-day Zimbabwe.

Exploring areas now part of South Africa, he crosses the Transvaal and arrives in Natal in 1879.

In 1884 Capelo and Ivens depart from Mocamades on the coast of Angola and cross the continent through entirely unexplored territory, arriving at Quelimane on the east coast of Mozambique in 1885.

In the same year, Serpa Pinto and Augusto Cardoso explore the territory around Lake Nyassa.

Various Portuguese have explored the interior of Mozambique.

Locations
Lisbon > Lisboa Lisboa Portugal View →

People
Alexandre de Serpa Pinto View → Hermenegildo Capelo View → Roberto Ivens View →

Groups
São Tomé and Príncipe, Portuguese View → Portuguese Mozambique View → Angola (Portuguese colony) View → Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of View →

Topics
Exploration of Africa, Later European View →

Commodities
Slaves View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Exploration View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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