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Lieutenant Cameron at the Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, 1876. 'The lecture which was delivered by [British explorer and naval officer] Lieutenant Cameron on Tuesday week to the members of the Royal Geographical Society and their friends assembled in St. James's Hall was listened to with great interest. The chair was occupied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, for the first time since he has been president of the society...The founder's medal for the year, for the encouragement of geographical science and discovery, was presented to Lieutenant Cameron for his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and for his survey of the southern half of LakeTanganyika'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.