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CAPTAIN JAMES FREDERIC ELTON (1840-77)
A Manuscript map of the track of Captain Elton's route through the region North of Lake Nyassa, from November 24th to December 9th 1877.
Manuscript map on faint graph paper, sepia ink and wash, (440 x 285mm), Elton's route picked out in red ink, the map with faint pencil grid with longitude and latitude scale on the right and lower margins, the map showing an area of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between Lake Nyassa and the Kasigo river, the route occasionally annotated with dates, the surrounding country described and named, streams in blue, hills and outcrops shaded in sepia, faint pencil scribbles (some light browning, old fold marks, the sheet silked on verso with inscription by Consul Kirk "Captain Elton's Original Map of Route from North of Lake to Ujiji Round. Zanzibar 7 Feb 1878 John Kirk".
A rare and fascinating survival from Elton's last and tragic expedition in South East Africa. Elton was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Elton of the 59th Regiment Bengal Army, and after a spell in the Bengal Army, went to China, and later joined the staff of the French army in Mexico. In 1868 he came to Natal, travelled in the colony, and by 1872 was appointed government agent on the Zulu frontier. The following year he moved to Zanzibar to assist Dr. John Kirk with the supression of the slave trade, and in March 1875 he was promoted to British Consul in the Portuguese territory, with residence in Mozambique. "In July 1877 left Mozambique for the Zambesi and Shive rivers, his intention being to visit the British mission stations on Lake Nyassa, explore the lake and surrounding country...His mission to the chiefs and circumnavigation were successfully accomplished, but with the land journey troubles began. Due to wars between tribes and the problems of porterage and food supplies, Elton was compelled to travel back to the court by a circuitous route to the north. He struggled on but died of a fever on 19th December 1877 just near Usekhe (just to the North of this map). He was buried under a baobab tree nearby, and his possesions were returned to Dr. Kirk. His diary notes on the 11th and 12th December near Uselehe that he "worked all day at maps and felt very weak". On the 13th the diary ends.
A Manuscript map of the track of Captain Elton's route through the region North of Lake Nyassa, from November 24th to December 9th 1877.
Manuscript map on faint graph paper, sepia ink and wash, (440 x 285mm), Elton's route picked out in red ink, the map with faint pencil grid with longitude and latitude scale on the right and lower margins, the map showing an area of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between Lake Nyassa and the Kasigo river, the route occasionally annotated with dates, the surrounding country described and named, streams in blue, hills and outcrops shaded in sepia, faint pencil scribbles (some light browning, old fold marks, the sheet silked on verso with inscription by Consul Kirk "Captain Elton's Original Map of Route from North of Lake to Ujiji Round. Zanzibar 7 Feb 1878 John Kirk".
A rare and fascinating survival from Elton's last and tragic expedition in South East Africa. Elton was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Elton of the 59th Regiment Bengal Army, and after a spell in the Bengal Army, went to China, and later joined the staff of the French army in Mexico. In 1868 he came to Natal, travelled in the colony, and by 1872 was appointed government agent on the Zulu frontier. The following year he moved to Zanzibar to assist Dr. John Kirk with the supression of the slave trade, and in March 1875 he was promoted to British Consul in the Portuguese territory, with residence in Mozambique. "In July 1877 left Mozambique for the Zambesi and Shive rivers, his intention being to visit the British mission stations on Lake Nyassa, explore the lake and surrounding country...His mission to the chiefs and circumnavigation were successfully accomplished, but with the land journey troubles began. Due to wars between tribes and the problems of porterage and food supplies, Elton was compelled to travel back to the court by a circuitous route to the north. He struggled on but died of a fever on 19th December 1877 just near Usekhe (just to the North of this map). He was buried under a baobab tree nearby, and his possesions were returned to Dr. Kirk. His diary notes on the 11th and 12th December near Uselehe that he "worked all day at maps and felt very weak". On the 13th the diary ends.