Eugène Maizan French Explorer
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| Birthday |
28th September, 1816
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| Birthplace |
Montauban
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| Died |
1st July, 1845
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| Place of Death |
Dege la Mhora
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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Eugène Maizan (28 September 1816 in Montauban – July 1845) was a French Naval lieutenant and explorer, possibly the first European to penetrate East Africa and the first to enter tropical Africa from Zanzibar. In 1844-1845 Maizan reached as far as the district of Dege la Mhora, on the Uzaramo plateau about 80-150 kilometers from the coast, where he was seized by Zaramo tribesmen under Hembé, the son of Chief Mazungera, and bound to a calabash tree before being tortured, mutilated and murdered. Hembé amputated Maizan's limbs and sliced off his genitals while still alive before beheading him. Hembé later claimed to be acting on the orders of Arab ivory traders.
