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Verney Lovett Cameron
1844–1894
An adventurous Victorian naval officer and explorer, he became the first European to cross equatorial Africa from east to west. His journeys, books, and outspoken views on the slave trade made him a notable figure in 19th-century exploration.
5 Audiobooks
Ihmissyöjäin vankina: Seikkailuja Afrikan aarniometsissä
by Verney Lovett Cameron
To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I
by Sir Richard Francis Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron
In Savage Africa Or, The adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar.
by Verney Lovett Cameron
To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
by Sir Richard Francis Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron
Three Sailor Boys; or, Adrift in the Pacific
by Verney Lovett Cameron
About the author
Born in Dorset in 1844, Verney Lovett Cameron entered the Royal Navy as a boy and later served in the Abyssinian campaign as well as anti-slavery patrols off East Africa. He is best known for joining the search for David Livingstone and then pressing on into the interior after learning that Livingstone had died.
Cameron's greatest achievement came in 1875, when he completed a trans-African journey from the east coast to the Atlantic, becoming the first European recorded to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea. Along the way he gathered important geographical information, including observations on Lake Tanganyika and the central African interior, and he later wrote popular travel books about his experiences.
After his most famous expedition, he remained active as a writer, traveler, and public figure. He died in 1894 after a riding accident, but his name remained closely tied to the age of African exploration and to Victorian debates about empire, commerce, and the suppression of the slave trade.