[148] Captain James Edward Alexander: born in Scotland on 16-10-1803 and died on the Isle of Wight on 2-4-1885. Alexander was the first scientific explorer of South West Africa, was a professional soldier, rose through the ranks to become a general and was knighted in 1885. On returning to England in 1838 he published a book “Expedition of Discovery Into The Interior of Africa” which has been published subsequently in South Africa by Struik as Africana in two volumes and is obtainable. It contains an excellent map of his trip which was used by Dixon on his trip approximately 5 years later, as he followed in Alexander’s tracks.
[149] See map in the book of “An Expedition of Dicovery into the Interior of Africa” by Sir James Edward Alexander published in 1838 in which he notes ‘ waggon abandoned’.
[150] Scheppmann : born 13-9-1818 and died 29-8-1847 and was buried at Rehoboth.
[151] Kuiseb River.
[152] Francis James (Frank) Bassingthwaighte: Trader’s assistant, settler, farmer, blacksmith. He was born in Norfolk, England in 1820 and came to South West Africa in 1844; he was hired by Dixon, on one of his trips to St. Helena. When he first worked for Dixon he had the additional, and in those days unusual, duty of caring for two young lions. He married Dixon’s daughter, Rebecca, in the Cape Colony, South Africa in 1852.