José Carlos de Carvalho Júnior

José Carlos de Carvalho Júnior (2 September 1847 – 28 February 1934) was a Brazilian rear admiral and politician in the Empire of Brazil,[1] best known for his service in the Paraguayan War and his role in the expedition carried out to the interior of Bahia in 1887 to recover the Bendegó meteorite from where it had been laying for more than a hundred years since the first attempt to remove it made in 1785 and transport it to the court in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

José Carlos de Carvalho
José Carlos de Carvalho, c. 1910 – c. 1915
Personal details
Born(1847-09-02)2 September 1847
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died28 February 1934(1934-02-28) (aged 86)
Brazil
Parents
  • José Carlos de Carvalho (father)
  • Antonia de Ferraz de Carvalho (mother)
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Brazil
Branch/service Imperial Brazilian Navy
Years of service1865–1911
RankRear Admiral
CommandsHead of the Navy
Battles/warsParaguayan War
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  1. ^ "Calls America a Great School. Rear Admiral de Carvalho of Brazil Says It Contains Lessons for Greatest Students". New York Times. 28 September 1912. Retrieved 18 March 2011. Rear Admiral Jose Carlos de Carvalho, head of the navy of Brazil and Vice President of the Brazilian commission to the third International Rubber and Allied Trades Exhibition at the Grand Central Palace, is a great admirer of this country. He declared yesterday at the rubber show that he would take back many American ideas for adoption in Brazil. ...
  2. ^ Dantas, Regina Maria Macedo Costa; Silva, Paulo Vinicius Aprígio da (2016). "Uma análise histórica sobre o meteorito de Bendegó e sua representação científica junto ao Museu Nacional" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Florianópolis. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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