Verney Lovett Cameron
Verney Lovett Cameron was an explorer, writer, sailor and traveler (1844–1894). He was born at Weymouth and died at Leighton Buzzard.
Verney Lovett Cameron in brief
- Born
- 1844
- Died
- 1894
- Known for
- explorer, writer, sailor and traveler
- Place of birth
- Weymouth
Contents
Career and activity
Verney Lovett Cameron worked in marine transportation, seamanship and travel.
He belonged to Société de Géographie and Société Royale Belge de Géographie.
Catalogued works
28 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1867 to 1894.
Across Africa. A travers l'Afrique. Harry Raymond: Adventures among Pirates, Sl... In Savage Africa: or, The Adventures of Fra... The Adventures of Herbert Massey in Eastern... The Cruise of the "Black Prince" Privateer. The History of Arthur Penreath, Sometime Ge... The Queen's Land: or, Ard Al Malakat. The Queen's Land; or, Ard al Malakat. To the Gold Coast for gold. Three sailor boys, or, adrift in the Pacific. In savage Africa; or, The adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar, dated 1894. Harry Raymond. Among the Turks, dated 1890. Jack Hooper. Our future highway. The history of Arthur Penreath, sometime Gentleman of Sir Walter Ralegh, from his own writings. Zanzibar. The adventures of Herbert Massey in eastern Africa. The queen's land, or, Ard al malakat. Julia Jackson, dated 1867, albumen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1968.227. Anne Thackeray Ritchie, dated May 1870, albumen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1963.606. A Study of the Beatrice Cenci, dated September 1870, albumen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1964.306. Verney Lovett Cameron. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1876., dated July 15 1876, held by Wellcome Collection. Across Africa / by Verney Lovett Cameron., dated 1877, held by Wellcome Collection. Cameron, Verney Lovett (1844-1894), explorer in Central Africa, dated 1876-1889, held by Wellcome Collection. Jacko, a boy carrying a bow and arrows, acting as servant to Verney Lovett Cameron. Wood engraving after V.L. Cameron., dated [1876], held by Wellcome Collection. A Mrua medicine man or shaman with his assistants, Central Africa. Coloured wood engraving after V.L. Cameron., dated [1876], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Cameron, Verney Lovett (1844–1894), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Across Africa / by Verney Lovett Cameron., 1877. Verney Lovett Cameron: A Sailor in Central Africa, Africa and Its Explorers, 1970. Verney Lovett Cameron: A Centenary Appreciation, The Geographical Journal, 1975. African Odyssey: The Life of Verney Lovett-Cameron, The Geographical Journal, 1937.
Digitised editions and texts
8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Across Africa (1885) — Internet Archive. In Savage Africa: Or, The Adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar (1894) — Internet Archive. Among the Turks (1890) — Internet Archive. To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I — Project Gutenberg. To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II — Project Gutenberg. In Savage Africa: Or, The adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar. — Project Gutenberg. Three Sailor Boys; or, Adrift in the Pacific — Project Gutenberg. Ihmissyöjäin vankina: Seikkailuja Afrikan aarniometsissä — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is marine transportation, seamanship and travel.
Membership is recorded of Société de Géographie and Société Royale Belge de Géographie.
Distinctions recorded are Founder’s Medal and Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations.
Chronology
- 1844Verney Lovett Cameron born at Weymouth.
- 1885Across Africa digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1890Among the Turks digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1894Verney Lovett Cameron died at Leighton Buzzard.
- 1894In Savage Africa: Or, The Adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Verney Lovett Cameron”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q919145: Verney Lovett Cameron
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