IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 FSK
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
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 AND 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
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received by the RGS from V L Bosazza.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Originals in the possession of the descendants of Skead.
Related material:
David Livingstone Collection (4/10/4).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: 22 March 2001; Jul 2008.