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Alexandre de Serpa Pinto

1846 - 1900

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre de Serpa Pinto is the 370th most popular explorer (down from 338th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto ranks 370 out of 498. Before him are Piet Retief, Vivian Fuchs, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, John Biscoe, Stepan Krasheninnikov, and Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie. After him are Miguel Corte-Real, John Wesley Powell, George Bass, John Moresby, Olav Bjaaland, and Henri Duveyrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto ranks 88. Before him are Friedrich Paulsen, Albert Chmielowski, Ottomar Anschütz, Max von Hausen, Giulio Bizzozero, and Kate Greenaway. After him are Daniel Burnham, Whitcomb L. Judson, Luc-Olivier Merson, Paul Déroulède, Karol Olszewski, and Zygmunt Noskowski. Among people deceased in 1900, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto ranks 76. Before him are Jean Frédéric Frenet, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Karl Doppler, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Albert Bernhard Frank, and John Anderson. After him are Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Dmitry Grigorovich, Émile Blanchard, Ali Shah Durrani, and John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto ranks 320 out of 633. Before him are João de Castro (1500), Salvador Sobral (1989), Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465), Raul Meireles (1983), João Cancelo (1994), and Rui Patrício (1988). After him are Miguel Corte-Real (1448), Florbela Espanca (1894), Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), Jorge Costa (1971), Fernando Chalana (1959), and Américo Lopes (1933).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto ranks 33. Before him are Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Nuno Tristão (1500), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), and Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500). After him are Miguel Corte-Real (1448), Fernão de Loronha (1470), Lourenço de Almeida (1480), and George Grey (1812).

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