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TRIG/36
- Record Id:
- 040-003441336
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075690832.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/36
- Title:
- Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1911-1914. Whole boundary. Observations and Computations.
- Scope & Content:
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Volume of Astronomical Observations by Lieutenant E.M.W. Sealy dated 1913-14. Relates to Congo-Zambezi Watershed Section. Also 38 pages and 1 envelope of accompanying traverse observations. (H2 A8; DS 8; DS 340 A)
3 sets of astronomical observations titled 'Observations for Latitude at Base Camp Chiwakawaka' (8 pages); 'Observations for Azimuth at Mpanta Point' (9 pages); and 'Observations for Time at Mpanta Point' (6 pages). Also 1 envelope. Observed and booked by Capt. R. Walker, R.E. and Lt. O.E. Wynne, R.E., dated 1912. (D8 19; DS 19; DS 340 B)
2 bound volumes of observations numbered I and II and titled 'Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission. 1911-12. Angle Books.' Signed by Capt. R. Walker, R.E. and Lt. O.E. Wynne, R.E. possesses index marker inserts. (DS 300 B).
'Mweru-Tanganyika. Boundary Commission. 1913. Angle Books.' Bound volume of Angle Books numbered 1 to 13. (DS 300 C). Used in the compilation of Geographical Section, General Staff 3338, scale 1:250,000 dated 1916 filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3338.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003441336 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/36 : Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1911-1914. Whole boundary. Observations and Computations. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0036]/040-003441336
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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7 volumes, 61 pages and 2 envelopes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1914
- Date Range:
- 1911-1913?
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 23.9000,-13.4000,31.0000,-8.1000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 23°54’0”-E 31°0’0”/S 8°6’0”-S 13°24’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 35 x 22cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- D8
DS 19
DS 300 C
DS 340 A
DS 340 B
DS 8
H2 A8 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-Belgian (Rhodesia-Congo) Boundary Commission, 1911-1914
Sealy, Edward Molesworth Walpole, army officer, 1889-1915
Walker, Reginald, army officer, fl 1899-1913
Wynne, Owen Evelyn, army officer and ornithologist, 1887-1974 - Places:
- Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Chiwakawaka, Katanga, Belgian Congo
Lake Mweru, Belgian Congo / Northern Rhodesia
Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Mpanta, Northern, Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia, Africa
River Congo, Africa
River Zambesi, East Africa - Related Material:
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The legal basis of the Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1911-1913 can be found at:
Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), p.708
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]
A description of the Boundary Commission's work and of the survey methodology is given at
· E.A. Steel, 'Zambezi-Congo Watershed', The Geographical Journal, 50 (1917), 180-193.