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He was proficient in [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Sami languages|Lapp]], Italian, Spanish and German. In 1874 he embarked on a year-long world tour that took him to America, Japan, China, Java, Ceylon and India.
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As Campbell was acquainted with [[Colin Alexander McVean]], Scottish engineer hired by Japan's Public Works as chief surveyor, he travelled several famous places around [[Tokyo]] together with McVean in the end of 1874 including [[Nikkō, Tochigi|Nikko]]. In the event of observation of Venus Transit by the Meiji government on December 9, 1874, He superintended one theodolite on Gotenyama Hill site at Tokyo. He walked through central part of Japan for [[Kyoto]], then left Japan from [[Kobe]] in February 1875<ref>1874-1875 McVean Diary, McVean Archives at the National Library of Scotland.</ref>. He bought a lot of Japanese antiques and showed them at London to his friends including [http://www.avictorian.com/Dillon_Frank.html Frank Dillion].
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