Louis-Gustave Amelot (25 August 1857 – 1 December 1884) was a Belgian mechanical engineer who served with the International African Association, the precursor to the Congo Free State.
[2] In March 1883 there were rumors of a revolt, and Amelot accompanied Théodore Nilis and Joseph Vandevelde to come to the aid of Parfonry, who was head of the Isangila station.
[7] Two days later Hanssens and Van Gèle set out in the En Avant to explore the Ubangi River with the pharmacist Courtois, de Guérin and the mechanic Amelot, a crew of ten Zanzibaris and a local African who was to act as their interpreter.
[8] Van Gèle managed to persuade them to act as pilots, and after four hours of full steam on 21 April 1884 entered a strong stream of yellow water, the Ubangi, which they ascended to the Bisongo village.
[10] Amelot continued with the expedition and participated in the establishment of the Bangala station and the explorations of the Mongala, Itimbiri and Aruwimi rivers.
[6] A comic melange of tunes he had composed for his accordion called the Hymne de l'Équateur helped break the ice with the local people they encountered.
Hanssens relieved Adrian Binnie, who had commanded there since Henry Morton Stanley's visit in December 1883, and would return to the coast.