Map Illustrating the Journey of Major Serpa Pinto from Benguella to Natal (1879)

By W.J. Turner.
Hand tinted chromolithograph.
Published by the Royal Geographical Society.

Compiled by W. & A.K. Johnston.
Illustrating the Portuguese explorer Major Serpa Pinto's journey.

Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto (aka Serpa Pinto; 20 April 1846 – 28 December 1900) was a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator. In 1869, Pinto went to eastern Africa on an exploration of the Zambezi River. Eight years later he led an expedition from Benguela, Portuguese Angola, into the basins of the Congo and Zambezi rivers. The town of Menongue was named Serpa Pinto, after him, up to 1975.

300mm x 235mm

R1,250