Background
Source: Wikipedia
Joachim John Monteiro (1833-1878) was a British mining engineer, colonial administrator, naturalist and explorer. Monteiro was born in London. He was trained at the Royal College of Mines in that city. Monteiro went to Angola in 1858 to oversee mining enterprises in the Malachite deposits of Bembe, Angola and also the extraction of copper. While working there, he met with Pedro V of Kongo while he was visiting in the Portuguese colony. He remained in Angola until 1876.
