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LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION, 1858-1864 -- FRANCIS SKEA...

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LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION, 1858-1864 -- FRANCIS SKEAD (1823-1891)
LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION, 1858-1864 -- FRANCIS SKEAD (1823-1891) Chart entitled 'AFRICA EAST COAST. MOUTHS OF THE RIVER ZAMBESI Surveyed by F Skead Master R.N Assisted by Lieut Suther R.M.A 1858-61 Obs n Spot Pearl I d . Kongoni R. Lat 18°.52.50" Long 36°.11'.37"E of Greenwich H.W.F.&C 1V t h 30 m Springs rise 12 to 15 feet Magnetic Variation in 1862 decreasing 4' annually Soundings in fathoms (Note Mouths are surveyed & rivers sketched in)', autograph maunscript on waxed paper laid down on linen, sepia and red ink, the soundings denoted in red ink, annotations in ink including the lines of breakers and sand bars, the named Points (Ord, Signal, Dry Wood, First Bluff and Hyde Parker), observation spots on Pearl Island, Flagstaff and village at the mouth of the Kongoni, compass with magnetic variation and scale, 30 x 39in. (76.2 x 99cm.) . ENGRAVED: by Malby & Sons, under the supervision of R. Adm. Washington, RRS, Hydrographer, for the Hydrographic Office, published at the Admiralty [London], Jany 12th 1863 (SEC XI, 2865), the printed map including a second compass and two coastal profiles (Views of the West and East Luabo) A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC EXPLORER'S MAP: SKEAD'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CHART OF THE MOUTH OF THE ZAMBEZI, FROM SURVEYS MADE BY SKEAD IN MAY-JUNE 1858 AND FEBRUARY 1861 DURING LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION ... while Mr. Skead polished off a few things connected with the triangles, the rest of us blazed away at hippopotami ... John Kirk 'The Expedition left England on the 10th of March, 1858, in Her Majesty's Colonial Steamer Pearl commanded by Captain Duncan; and, after enjoying the generous hospitality of our friends at Cape Town, with the obliging attentions of Sir George Grey, and receiving on board Mr. Francis Skead, R.N., as surveyor, we reached the East Coast in the following May. Our first object was to explore the Zambesi, its mouths and tributaries, with a view of their being used as highways for commerce and Christianity to pass into the vast interior of Africa. ... After the examination of three branches by the able and energetic surveyor, Francis Skead, R.N., the Kongone was found to be the best entrance. The immense amount of sand brought down by the Zambesi has in the course of ages formed a sort of promontory, against which the long swell of the Indian Ocean, beating during the prevailing winds, has formed bars, which, acting against the waters of the delta, may have led to their exit sideways. The Kongone is one of these lateral branches, and the safest; inasmuch as the bar has nearly two fathoms on it at low water, and the rise at spring tides is from twelve to fourteen feet. The bar is narrow, the passage nearly straight, and, were it buoyed and a beacon placed on Pearl Island, would always be safe to a steamer. Finding the Pearl 's draught too great for that part of the river near the island of Simbo, where the branch called the Doto is given off to the Kongone on the right bank, and another named Chinde departs to the secret canal already mentioned on the left, the goods belonging to the expedition were taken out of her, and placed on one of the grassy islands about forty miles from the bar. The Pearl then left us, and we had to part with our good friends Duncan and Skead; the former for Ceylon, the latter to return to his duties as Government Surveyor at the Cape.' (D. and C. Livingstone, Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries ... 1858-1864 , London, 1865, pp.11-18) The preliminary survey of the river's course was undertaken by Skead with Dr John Kirk, and the latter's Zambezi journals also record their arrival at the delta and their first excursions up the West Luabo: 'May 15th. At 3 p.m. we had a consultation and Capt. Bedingfeld and Mr. Skead seemed to think it unadvisable to go in the boats to examine the bar. The Capt. of the Pearl however saw no great difficulty and went at it, keeping the lead going and a good look out. We were so lu

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 45
Auktion:
Datum:
22.09.2010
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
22 September 2010, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION, 1858-1864 -- FRANCIS SKEAD (1823-1891)
LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION, 1858-1864 -- FRANCIS SKEAD (1823-1891) Chart entitled 'AFRICA EAST COAST. MOUTHS OF THE RIVER ZAMBESI Surveyed by F Skead Master R.N Assisted by Lieut Suther R.M.A 1858-61 Obs n Spot Pearl I d . Kongoni R. Lat 18°.52.50" Long 36°.11'.37"E of Greenwich H.W.F.&C 1V t h 30 m Springs rise 12 to 15 feet Magnetic Variation in 1862 decreasing 4' annually Soundings in fathoms (Note Mouths are surveyed & rivers sketched in)', autograph maunscript on waxed paper laid down on linen, sepia and red ink, the soundings denoted in red ink, annotations in ink including the lines of breakers and sand bars, the named Points (Ord, Signal, Dry Wood, First Bluff and Hyde Parker), observation spots on Pearl Island, Flagstaff and village at the mouth of the Kongoni, compass with magnetic variation and scale, 30 x 39in. (76.2 x 99cm.) . ENGRAVED: by Malby & Sons, under the supervision of R. Adm. Washington, RRS, Hydrographer, for the Hydrographic Office, published at the Admiralty [London], Jany 12th 1863 (SEC XI, 2865), the printed map including a second compass and two coastal profiles (Views of the West and East Luabo) A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC EXPLORER'S MAP: SKEAD'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CHART OF THE MOUTH OF THE ZAMBEZI, FROM SURVEYS MADE BY SKEAD IN MAY-JUNE 1858 AND FEBRUARY 1861 DURING LIVINGSTONE'S ZAMBEZI EXPEDITION ... while Mr. Skead polished off a few things connected with the triangles, the rest of us blazed away at hippopotami ... John Kirk 'The Expedition left England on the 10th of March, 1858, in Her Majesty's Colonial Steamer Pearl commanded by Captain Duncan; and, after enjoying the generous hospitality of our friends at Cape Town, with the obliging attentions of Sir George Grey, and receiving on board Mr. Francis Skead, R.N., as surveyor, we reached the East Coast in the following May. Our first object was to explore the Zambesi, its mouths and tributaries, with a view of their being used as highways for commerce and Christianity to pass into the vast interior of Africa. ... After the examination of three branches by the able and energetic surveyor, Francis Skead, R.N., the Kongone was found to be the best entrance. The immense amount of sand brought down by the Zambesi has in the course of ages formed a sort of promontory, against which the long swell of the Indian Ocean, beating during the prevailing winds, has formed bars, which, acting against the waters of the delta, may have led to their exit sideways. The Kongone is one of these lateral branches, and the safest; inasmuch as the bar has nearly two fathoms on it at low water, and the rise at spring tides is from twelve to fourteen feet. The bar is narrow, the passage nearly straight, and, were it buoyed and a beacon placed on Pearl Island, would always be safe to a steamer. Finding the Pearl 's draught too great for that part of the river near the island of Simbo, where the branch called the Doto is given off to the Kongone on the right bank, and another named Chinde departs to the secret canal already mentioned on the left, the goods belonging to the expedition were taken out of her, and placed on one of the grassy islands about forty miles from the bar. The Pearl then left us, and we had to part with our good friends Duncan and Skead; the former for Ceylon, the latter to return to his duties as Government Surveyor at the Cape.' (D. and C. Livingstone, Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries ... 1858-1864 , London, 1865, pp.11-18) The preliminary survey of the river's course was undertaken by Skead with Dr John Kirk, and the latter's Zambezi journals also record their arrival at the delta and their first excursions up the West Luabo: 'May 15th. At 3 p.m. we had a consultation and Capt. Bedingfeld and Mr. Skead seemed to think it unadvisable to go in the boats to examine the bar. The Capt. of the Pearl however saw no great difficulty and went at it, keeping the lead going and a good look out. We were so lu

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 45
Auktion:
Datum:
22.09.2010
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
22 September 2010, London, King Street
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