Hermenegildo Capelo
(1841-1917)
Explorer and Portuguese Naval admiral
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Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo (Palmela, 1841 – Lisbon, 1917) was an officer in the Portuguese Navy and a Portuguese explorer, helping to chart territory between Angola and Mozambique in southern Central Africa that was unknown to Europeans in the 1870s and 1880s. Alongside Roberto Ivens, he is famous for being the first European to cross Central Africa from coast to coast between Angola and Mozambique.
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1841 Palmela, Portugal
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1917 (aged 75) Lisbon, Portugal
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