Cameron, VL - Cameron

Japanese: カメロン,V.L. - かめろん
Cameron, VL - Cameron

…Livingstone, who had been conducting inland surveys while working on his missionary work in Africa since the mid-19th century, discovered the Lualaba River west of Lake Tanganyika in 1871 and linked it to the Nile. Verney L. Cameron, also an Englishman, discovered the Rukuga River connecting Lake Tanganyika and the Lualaba River in 1874 and assumed that the Lualaba River was connected to the Congo River. He traveled down the Lualaba River to the trading town of Nyangwe, but felt that the security situation on the way was dangerous and gave up on going further down the river. …

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Japanese:

…19世紀中葉からアフリカの伝道活動のかたわら内陸調査を進めていたリビングストンは1871年,タンガニーカ湖の西にルアラバ川を発見し,これをナイル川に結びつけて考えた。同じイギリス人カメロンVerney L.Cameronは74年,タンガニーカ湖とルアラバ川をつなぐルクガ川を発見し,ルアラバ川とコンゴ川との結びつきを想定した。彼はルアラバ川を交易地ニアングウェまで下ったが前途の治安に危険を感じ,それ以上の下航は諦めた。…

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