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Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/44
Title:: Northern Rhodesia Boundaries, including the Barotse Kingdom and Southern Rhodesia
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following. (Original envelopes have been retained.) [Barotseland: The delineation of Barotseland's western border was submitted in 1903 to an Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission. Disagreement between the two countries instigated the appointment of the King of Italy as an Arbitrat...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English and Portuguese
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:: 1 volume and 26 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/45
Title:: Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission North and South of the Zambesi 1904-1906
Scope & Content:: The boundary between Rhodesia and Mozambique, North and South of the Zambesi, was described by a Procès-verbaux in 1904 and approved by an Agreement in 1911. The following are included: Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission. North of the Zambesi. 1904. Angle Book 1 to 7. Bound volume of 7 Angle...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1904-1905
Extent:: 4 volumes and 10 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/46
Title:: Anglo-German Boundary Commission Nyasa-Tanganyika Boundary 1898
Scope & Content:: Observation books and report produced as part of the boundary demarcation between lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, delimiting the territories of Rhodesia, British Central Africa and German East Africa. Comprises the following: 5 bound volumes of observations entitled 'Nyasa-Tanganyika Boundary. 1898...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 6 volumes and 9 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/47
Title:: 'Geodetic Survey of South Africa. Under the Direction of Sir David Gill.'
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following: Volume III. 'Report on the Geodetic Survey of Part of Southern Rhodesia. Executed by Mr. Alexander Simms.' 1 volume of 146 pages. Includes pull-out folio 'Triangulation Plan Geodetic Survey Rhodesia', scale 1:1,000,000 and 6 pages of additional typed coordinates (2 of w...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1905-1948
Extent:: 4 volumes, 14 pages, 17 folios and 1 envelope

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/48
Title:: Africa: Miscellaneous Survey Documents
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following: Notebook of astronomical and sun observations dated 1898-1899 and taken on Major A. St Hill Gibbons' expedition to Barotseland. Manuscript: coloured ink and pencil on ruled paper; 16 x 10cm. 'Astronomical Observation Angle Book'. Observations dated 1902-1903 and taken ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1898-1953
Extent:: 6 volumes and 3 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/49
Title:: Damascus - Aleppo Triangulation. Survey observations, diagrams, report and correspondence. Created by the 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers.
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following (original envelopes have been retained): 20 angle observation books numbered 1 to 20 dated 1918-19; also 1 envelope. (No. 07041; Cn 301 E) 1 angle observation book labelled 'Zebdani Intersected Points' dated 1919. (No. 07041; Cn 301 E) 1 envelope containing 9 pages of ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918-1919
Extent:: 21 volumes, 38 pages, 1 map sheet, 1 folder and 3 envelopes

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/50
Title:: Palestine and Syria Survey Records
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following folders, mostly compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers: 1 folder titled 'Auja Base'. Numbered '1'. Relates to baseline measurement. Dated 1918. (CN 305; Cn 301 E(3)) 1 folder titled 'Rafa Base'. Numbered '2'. Relates to baseline measurement. Dated 1917. (CN...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1915-1937
Extent:: 11 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/51
Title:: Palestine and Syria Survey Records
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following folders, with material mostly compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers and Survey of Egypt. Some survey observation books have headers in Arabic: 1 survey observation book (30 x 26cm) with 44 pages of inserted observations and notes. Dated 1919-1921. (No. 070?...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1919-1921
Extent:: 24 volumes, 62 pages, 3 folios, 3 envelopes and 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/52
Title:: Palestine Triangulation: Angle Books
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following, compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers: 36 Angle Books (19 x 21cm). Various numbering systems. Book 'Beersheba - Jerusalem Angle Book 1' bears the note 'Recopied from books spoilt by rain'. Some books have loose pages of observations inserted. Dated 1917-19...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1918
Extent:: 36 volumes and 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: TRIG/53
Title:: Palestine Survey Records
Scope & Content:: Comprises the following, compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers and Survey of Egypt: 2 survey observation books of angular measurements (30 x 26cm). Most pages are loose. Page headers are in Arabic. Dated 1917. (No. 07042; Cn 301 E(3)) 82 folios of survey observations relating to ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1917-1919
Extent:: 11 volumes, 101 folios and 1 envelope

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