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TRIG/39
- Record Id:
- 040-003450696
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100076677608.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/39
- Title:
- Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commissions 1911-1914 and 1927-1933. Miscellaneous survey papers reproduced for related work.
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises the following items. Although re-enveloped, the originals have been retained.
'Rhodesia - Belgian Congo Boundary extracts from report typed for the Aircraft Operating Company.' Based mostly on 1911-1913 survey. Carbon copy of typescript. 8 pages and 1 folio, stapled; photographic copies of 2 loose pages; 1 envelope. Dated mid 20th century. (DS 300 F; DS 305 C(3))
Letter from Major M. Hotine, R.E. to War Office regarding Mweru-Tanganyika 1927-1933 connection to Arc of 30th Meridian. 1 page. Dated 1933. (DS 111/2; DS 305 C(1))
Photographic copies of documents relating to 1911-1914 Boundary Commission Bangweulu and Mweru-Tanganyika sections: index page; covering letter and report of Major R. Walker, R.E. (includes attached note dated 1973); abstract of triangulation results; triangulation diagram; astronomical observation sheets; and 1928 recomputation and explanatory notes (2 copies). 128 pages, 1 folio and 1 folder. (DS 305 C(1); DS 300 A; DS 300 B; Dc [or e] 3). Previously in folder; now re-filed as 2 envelopes.
Photographic copies of materials relating to 1912-1913 work on the Zambezi-Congo Watershed Section: file contents page; list of geographical coordinates, azimuths, log sides and heights of ruling triangulation (not rigorously adjusted); description of triangulation stations; list of geographical coordinates of boundary pillars 1 to 46; Captain G.T. McCaw's adjustment of the first 7 figures of ruling triangulation, Ref. index. 4.(a); and records of Belgian observations of triangulation (in French). Dated mid 20th century. 109 pages and 1 envelope. (H2 A5; DS 5; DS 300 B; DS 300 F; DS 305 C(1)B; M.I.4e.)
'The Rhodesia - Congo Boundary (Lake Bangweulu Survey) 1911-14' and related documents: table of triangulation points, carbon copy of typescript; Anglo-Congolese Boundary Commission (Bangweulu and Congo - Zambesi Watershed Sections). 1913. general information sheet, mimeograph; manuscript tables of geographical coordinates and remarks. Dated mid 20th century - c 1960. 19 pages and 1 envelope. (DS 305 C(2); DS 4; DS 310 A)
'The Rhodesia - Congo Boundary (Lake Bangweulu Survey) 1911-14'summary documents: manuscript index list front page, photographic copy of list of geographical coordinates of triangulation points and mimeograph copy of general information sheet. Dated mid 20th century - c 1960. 8 pages and 1 envelope. (DS 305 C(4); DS 310 A; DS 4)
2 Copies (1 carbon paper and 1 ? bromide) of 'Belgian Congo and North-Western Rhodesia Boundary Triangulation. Finally adjusted Results (British Section)', figures I to VII. Adjustment calculated by Capt. G.T. McCaw, 1927. Carbon copy dated 1927; bromide copy dated ? mid 20th century with folio note attached. Also 1 copy geographical to grid coordinate conversion based on Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1963 adjustment, original dated 1966. Total 22 pages, 1 folio and 1 envelope. (DS 300; DS 5; DS 360B; DS 305 I)
Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission Reports; letter requesting from Lt. Col. J.E.S. Bradford (includes very small unidentified fragment from an attached document). Dated 1941. 1 page and 1 envelope. (DS 305 L)
2 photographic copies (one white on black) 'Northern Rhodesia. Anglo-Congolese Triangulation'. Grid coordinates. Total 8 pages and 1 envelope. (DS 305 E; DS 360 K)
Photographic copy of letter concerning Mweru-Tanganyika Boundary Connection [? to Arc of 30th Meridian]. Dated c 1930. 1 page, 1 folio and 1 envelope. (DS 331 AB; DS 305 G)
3 mimeograph copies of 'Mweru-Tanganyika Boundary Commission 1911-13. Recomputation of Main Triangulation.' Dated 1928. Also a retyped version and partial copies from 1936 and 1938. Total 22 pages, 1 folder and 1 envelope. (H2 A6; M.I.4./4; Folio Z4-5, Box FR-24 [or Z4-1]DS 305 A; DS 305 N)
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003450696 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/39 : Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commissions 1911-1914 and 1927-1933. Miscellaneous survey papers reproduced for related work. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0039]/040-003450696
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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321 pages, 4 folios, 2 folders and 8 envelopes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1973
- Date Range:
- 1933-1973
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 23.9000,-13.4000,31.7500,-8.1000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 23°54’0”-E 31°45’0”/S 8°6’0”-S 13°24’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Bromides, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 30 x 42cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- 46/82
D4
D5
DS 111/2
DS 300
DS 300 A
DS 300 B
DS 300 F
DS 305 A
DS 305 C(1)
DS 305 C(1)B
DS 305 C(2)
DS 305 C(3)
DS 305 C(4)
DS 305 E
DS 305 G
DS 305 I
DS 305 N
DS 310 A
DS 331 AB
DS 360 B
DS 360 K
De 3
Dy 305 A
Folio Z4-5, Box FR-24 [or Z4]-1
H2 A5
H2 A6
M.I.4e. - 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
Bradford, James Edward Stratton, army officer, fl 1941-1943
Hotine, Martin, army officer, 1898-1968
McCaw, George Tyrrell, surveyor and geodesist, 1870-1942
Walker, Reginald, army officer, fl 1899-1913 - Places:
- Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Lake Bangweulu, Northern, Northern Rhodesia
Lake Mweru, Belgian Congo / Northern Rhodesia
Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Northern Rhodesia, Africa
River Congo, Africa
River Zambezi, 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.
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The legal basis of the Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-33 can be found at:
Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (Luton: 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 (2010) - 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
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- WOOS/12