José Carlos de Carvalho Júnior (2 September 1847 – 28 February 1934) was a Brazilian rear admiral and politician in the
Empire of Brazil
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, best known for his service in the
Paraguayan War
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadlies ...
and his role in the expedition carried out to the interior of
Bahia
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in 1887 to recover the
Bendegó meteorite
The Bendegó Meteorite (also known as Pedra do Bendegó or simply Bendengó) is a meteorite found in the interior of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It is the biggest iron meteorite ever found in Brazilian soil, weighting . It has been on display at ...
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
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.
Gallery
File:Usina do exercito 1886 new.jpg, José Carlos de Carvalho, Gaston of Orléans and Isabel, imperial princess, visiting a plant dedicated to the manufacturing of military equipment, 1886.
File:Commissão do Bendego 1887-88.jpg, Report presented to the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works and to the Geographical Society of Rio de Janeiro on the displacement and transport of the Bendegó meteorite from the interior of the province of Bahia to the National Museum.
File:Meteoríto de Bendegó em 1887.jpg, Bendegó meteorite in a photograph by H. Antunes, taken in 1887, showing the meteorite still on the bank of the Bendegó stream, with vice admiral José Carlos de Carvalho and engineers Humberto Saraiva Antunes and Vicente José de Carvalho.
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Brazilian admirals
1847 births
1934 deaths
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