Cameron, Verney Lovett (1844-1894)

British explorer who led the expedition to relieve David Livingstone, but in 1873 found him dead. He found Livingstone's records and explored Lake Tanganyika and the Congo River. He also traced the River Zambezi to its sources. In 1875 he crossed Africa from east to west. In 1878 he explored the route for a Constantinople to Baghdad railway, from Beirut to Bushehr.

He was born at Radipole, Dorset, England. He entered the navy in 1857, served in the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and the Red Sea, and took part in the British Abyssinian expedition and the suppression of the slave trade.

In 1872 he was appointed leader of the expedition to relieve David Livingstone. He left Zanzibar in March 1873, but at Unyanyembe met Livingstone's followers bearing his remains to the coast. He went to Ujiji, where he found Livingstone's records, and subsequently explored the southern portion of Lake Tanganyika. He then proceeded to the upper reaches of the Congo River and the sources of the River Zambezi. In 1882 he visited the Gold Coast with Sir Richard Burton.

His works include Across Africa (1877), Our Future Highway to India (1880), and several children's books.