James Chapman
1831–72
South African commission agent, explorer, and naturalist. Travelled in Natal, 1845–8; Potchefstroom, 1849–50; to the Chobe and Zambesi, 1852–3; to Okavango and across Damaraland to Walvis Bay, 1855; to Victoria Falls and back to Cape Town by way of Lake Ngami, 1861–4.
Source
R. Desmond 1994, Gunn and Codd 1981.
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
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