unknown name
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
English East India Company in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ⚪ unknown name

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus sumatranus
Sex and age:
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sumatra unspecified location
Imported:	1730 by English East India Company
Freight:	by ship "Marlborough" from British Sumatra
Death
Dead:	†1730
Death location:	English East India Company Blackwall
Death reason:	accident: Ship exploded after a candle fell into Salpetre
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	English East India Company, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1730-00-00	English East India Company from Port of Bencoolen

1730-00-00	Port of Bencoolen from Sumatra unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2021-08-08

Latest document update	2021-07-09 12:42:10
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† unknown name is a dead Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1730 at English East India Company, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as Ship exploded after a candle fell into Salpetre.

Origin

unknown name was born wild at Sumatra unspecified location. and imported 1730 by English East India Company, by ship "Marlborough" from British Sumatra

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). unknown name, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at English East India Company in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 25 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10844. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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