Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral, Portuguese aviation pioneers, the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, from March to June 1922 from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.

Mozambique (1972) 1,000 Escudos (back) - Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho

Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho was born on 17 February 1869 in Belem (Lisboa). At age of sixteen he entered Polytechnic College to prepare for admission to the Naval Academy one year later.