Manoel Antonio Vital de Oliveira, Brazilian official and hydrographer (Recife 28 September 1829 - Paraguay 03 February 1867)
Achieved international projection due to his maritime charts. His most complete work was posthumous, Roteiro da Costa do Brasil, do Rio Mossoró ao Rio São Francisco do Norte (1869).
HONORS
Legion of Honour (France)
Order of Saint Maurice & Saint Lazarus (Italy)