SKEAD, Francis
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 FSK |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full title | : SKEAD, Francis |
Date(s) | : 1858-1861 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 1 box, 2 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Skead | Francis | fl 1849-1881 | surveyor |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Francis Skead was a surveyor in the Royal Navy. He was Second Master on board HMS ENTERPRISE to search for Franklin and his ships by way of the Bering Strait, 1849-1852; he invented the Skead sounder during telegraph survey operations between Malta and Crete off HMS TARTARUS, 1857 and accompanied David Livingstone to the mouth of the Zambesi, [1859-1861]. For most of his career he appears to have been Government Surveyor at the Cape, South Africa.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopies of papers relating to Francis Skead, 1858-1861, including notes by Skead on the Zambesi delta, May-June, 1858; positions on the Zambesi river observed by Young and [Skead] and an edited version of the journal of Lieut. R W Brigstock, Jan-Feb 1861, referring to his meeting with the Livingstone party.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, and subject to completion of an 'application for copies form'. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received by the RGS from V L Bosazza.
Allied Materials
Related material:
David Livingstone Collection (4/10/4).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
22 March 2001; Jul 2008.
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