Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto (April 20 1846 - December 28 1900) was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator who crossed southern and central Africa on a difficult expedition and mapped the interior of the continent.
Serpa Pinto went to eastern Africa in 1869 on an exploration of the Zambezi River. Eight years later he led an expedition from Benguela, Angola, into the basins of the Congo and Zambezi rivers.
