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.