Member of several scientific institutions, King Carlos (1863-1908) distinguished himself as oceanographer and naturalist. From 1896 to 1907, he supervised twelve oceanographic campaigns off the Portuguese coast, aboard the 4 royal yachts "Amelia". He collected a lot of zoological material as well as physical and chemical data that he used as a remarkable work of scientific dissemination including several exhibitions and the publication of books and reports. Most of this zoological collection and documents are now kept at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium Museum.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The sea lover king
Member of several scientific institutions, King Carlos (1863-1908) distinguished himself as oceanographer and naturalist. From 1896 to 1907, he supervised twelve oceanographic campaigns off the Portuguese coast, aboard the 4 royal yachts "Amelia". He collected a lot of zoological material as well as physical and chemical data that he used as a remarkable work of scientific dissemination including several exhibitions and the publication of books and reports. Most of this zoological collection and documents are now kept at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium Museum.
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Hello King Carlos! He doesn't seem very talkative ...
l'ombre se dessine bien, cela rend tres bien
He looks so real ....
What a powerful memorial to the King. An excellent photo.
What a lovely tribute! He can forever view the sea that he loved so much. I also love your new title photo. Beautiful colors.
Very interesting! I hope to visit this Aquarium Museum next trip!
This picture is perfect with the title!Congrats!
Léia :)
A man who did something useful with his yachts.
Wonderful idea for a statue of him.
He could easily be mistaken for my WT!
Who's the man on the photo?
He looks in good shape for being almost 150 years old.
This sounds like he was similar to the king of Monaco during the same period. He loved the sea, gathered ocean specimens, and founded an aquarium. Maybe they knew and inspired each other. Or competed with each other.
Thank you for warm autumn sunlight
and a calm seascape !
Your country is very attractive.
(o^-')b nice!
Beautiful and a bit sad image. I know his story, he was a grandson of our King Vittorio Emanuele II and died tragically in Lisbon. Good to know that he is well remembered for his scientific accomplishments.
Yes, VP. He was murdered in Lisbon by republican activists as he travelled in an open carriage with the royal family. His heir, Prince Luís Filipe, was also shot to death. The younger son Prince Manuel was acclaimed King of Portugal (the last of the Braganza dynasty) until 1910, when Portugal became a republic. This was the end of monarchy.
A beautiful tribute and a great shot. The angle from behind is wonderful!
I thought it was a real person at first....
Anyway, nice photo and interesting to read the story too.
Its a real KING
:)
Perfect tittle !!
That is a beautiful tribute!
By the look across the water, it seems the Portuguese navel tradition lives on.
An very interesting photo and very interesting history too. It could be mistaken for a live person.
Excellent and informative post, JM. I don't think much of the world realizes how important Portugal has been in terms of natural and scientific discoveries!
Very creatively done, too, with King Carlos facing the water - his other "domain."
nice tribute
Your new banner is drop-dead gorgeous, Jose.
Great post! To me, it is simply unimaginable that someone living in Portugal could not be a sealover.
A nice statue tribute for this man who loved the Sea..
He is now facing it for Eternity.
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