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William Moorcroft
William Moorcroft was an English veterinary surgeon and explorer who managed the East India Company's horse stud in Bengal. In search of horses he travelled through the western Himalaya, Ladakh and Kashmir, and from 1819 led a long expedition through Afghanistan towards Bukhara. He died on the return journey in northern Afghanistan in 1825; his travels were published in 1841.
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