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TRIG/11
- Record Id:
- 040-003441263
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075627601.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/11
- Title:
- Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Whole boundary. Folders 63-68.
- Scope & Content:
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Records of survey observations, computations, station descriptions and a technical report along the Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo boundary. Includes some fold-out maps. Comprises:
- Folder 63. Traverse Computations
- Folder 64. Cassini Computations
- Folder 65. Astro. at Junction of Arc and Watershed Trig.
- Folder 66. Technical Report
- Folder 67. 1932/33 Triangulation. Observations, Adjustments and Description of Trig. Stations
- Folder 68. Recomputed Values of the Mweru-Tanganyika Boundary Commission (1911-13) Triangulation and Major Hotine's Values for his Connection to the Arc
Folder 66 includes an annotated copy of GSGS 3998 (Anglo-Belgian Boundary, Mweru-Tanganyika Section, scale 1:250,000, dated 1916) [copy filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3998].
Folder 68 includes a copy of GSGS 3862 (Triangulation Diagram of the Urundi-Ruanda Boundary and Diagram of the Belgian Triangulation W. of L. Tanganyika, scale 1:500,000, 1928) [copies filed at Maps 66125.(57.) and Maps MOD GSGS 3862] and an annotated proof copy of GSGS 3940 (Arc of 30th Meridian N.E. Rhodesia, scale 1:1,500,000, dated 1933) [published version filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3940].
Used in the compilation of Geographical Section, General Staff No. 4044, 7 sheets at scale 1:250,000 dated 1941 filed at Maps X.6262.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003441263 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/11 : Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Whole boundary. Folders 63-68. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0011]/040-003441263
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 6 folders
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 1916-1935
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 23.9000,-13.4000,31.0000,-0.9000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 23°54’0”-E 31°0’0”/S 0°54’0”-S 13°24’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed and typescript, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 102 x 93cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- DS 305 D(4)
DS 350 C - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-Belgian (Rhodesia-Congo) Boundary Commission, 1911-1914
Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933, 1927-1933
Hotine, Martin, army officer, 1898-1968 - Places:
- Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Lake Mweru, Belgian Congo / Northern Rhodesia
Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Northern Rhodesia, Africa
Rwanda, Africa
Urundi, Africa - Related Material:
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The legal basis of the Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-33 can be found at:
Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), pp.708-12
An overview and analysis of the Commission's work can be found at:
Donaldson, John, Wade, Marking Territory: Demarcation of the DRC-Zambia Boundary from 1894 to the Present Day. Doctoral thesis, Durham University - http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/328/ [accessed 28/01/2019]
An account of the boundary survey can be found at:
- E.R.L. Peake, 'Northern Rhodesia: Belgian Congo Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 83 (1934), 263-77 and map after p.352