Manoel Antonio Vital de Oliveira, Brazilian Navy officer 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)

His Cartas da costa do Brazil, entre o rio Mossoró e o S. Francisco do Norte, levantadas por ordem de governo imperial, etc nos anos de 1857-9 (1862) were copied and reproduced in France and England

HONORS  

Legion of Honour (France)

Order of Saint Maurice & Saint Lazarus (Italy)