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TRIG/29
- Record Id:
- 040-003441335
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075686999.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/29
- Title:
- Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Meridian Section. Traverse. Topo[graphical]. Survey Traverse Observation Books.
- Scope & Content:
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Traverse observation books (numbered 1 to 20) labelled 'field copy'. Mpanta Meridian section.
Note: The following books contain inserted folios (33 x 21cm or smaller) mostly concerning the lengths of field tapes:
Book 5 - 1 folio
Book 11 - 1 folio
Book 12 - 3 folios
Book 14 - 1 folio
Book 15 - 2 folios
Book 16 - 1 folio
Book 17 - 1 folio
Book 18 - 1 folio
Book 19 - 1 folio
Book 20 - 1 folio
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
040-003441335 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/29 : Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Meridian Section. Traverse. Topo[graphical]. Survey Traverse Observation Books. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0029]/040-003441335
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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20 volumes and 13 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- 1932
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 29.8000,-13.5000,29.8333,-12.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 29°48’0”-E 29°50’0”/S 12°0’0”-S 13°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 16 x 23cm
- Former External References:
- DS 305 D
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933, 1927-1933
- Places:
- Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Mpanta, Northern, Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia, 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