Eugène Maizan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French Naval lieutenant and explorer
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Place of Birth: Montauban, Occitania, France
About Eugène Maizan
- 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.
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