Captain Elton's original map of route from north of Lake to Ujiji Round
Object Details
- General note
- Sepia, ink and wash on faint graph paper. Inscribed with title and date by John Kirk "Zanzibar 7 February 1878. "Map003 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 6: Maps
- Extent
- 1 Item (Historical maps, 11.25 x 17.25 in.)
- Date
- 1878 February 7
- Container
- Item Map003
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- A manuscript map detailing the track of Captain Elton's route through the region north of Lake Nyasa, from 24 November 1877 to 9 December 1877. The route is picked out in red ink, with map with faint pencil grid with longitude and latitude scale on the right and lower margins. The area depicted is that of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between Lake Nyasa and the Kasogo River, the route occasionally annotated with dates, the surrounding country described and named, streams in blue, hills and outcrops shaded in sepia. A fascinating relic of Elton's last and tragic journey in South East Africa. In 1873 he had moved to Zanzibar and been appointed to assist Dr. John Kirk with the suppression of the slave trade. In 1875 he became British Consul in Mozambique. He was returning from an expedition to visit missions on Lake Nyasa, when he became ill with fever and died on 19 December 1877. His possessions were returned to Dr. Kirk.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890738-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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