The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Elphinstone
Also known as Elphinstone the Accurate, Elphinst., Elphinstone of Caubul
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 53
He enters the record as a careful observer, a name attached to an effort to understand distant peoples rather than to command attention. There is a quiet authority in the impression of a writer who measures his words before setting them down.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 53
- Books
- 1
Elphinstone appears in the book as a later writer invoked by its annotations, including for his account of the Pashai people. The text offers no personal arc or relationships, presenting him instead as a historical point of reference whose work helps frame the places and peoples being described. His role remains that of the attentive author behind the record.
Description
The book provides no reliable physical description of Elphinstone, so his appearance should remain unspecified rather than assigned invented features. He may be represented in restrained nineteenth-century British formal dress appropriate to a diplomat and author in South Asia. His bearing can be composed and scholarly, but no particular complexion, hair, eyes, build, or distinguishing feature is established.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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