O eclipse solar total de 1919. Assimetrias geopolíticas e eclipses narrativos

The author analyses the trips of the two British expeditions that were organised to observe the total solar eclipse of 29^th May, 1919. The point is to shed light on some of the aspects linked to the diverging geopolitical contexts of Sobral and Príncipe where the observations were carried out, and on their ties to Portugal as colonial powers. Hitherto, these aspects have been eclipsed from the historical narratives of the 1919 eclipse.