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Verney Lovett Cameron
Verney Lovett Cameron (July 1, 1844 - March 24, 1894), English traveller in Central Africa and the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea, was born at Radipole, near Weymouth, Dorsetshire. He entered the Royal Navy in 1857, served in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868, and was employed for a considerable time in the suppression of the East African slave trade.
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