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TRIG/46
- Record Id:
- 040-003450985
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100077368290.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/46
- Title:
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Anglo-German Boundary Commission Nyasa-Tanganyika Boundary 1898
- Scope & Content:
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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.' Comprises astronomical and clock observations and computations, traverse observations, horizontal and vertical angle observations, and triangulation angle and length computations; also includes 3 letters (1 in German). (Dy 100 A; DS 305 A(2); DS 305 A(3))
'Report by Captain Close, R.E., on the Delimitation of the Nyasa-Tanganyika Boundary in 1898.' 1 volume dated 1899. Printed; 34 x 22cm. (Dy 1. (part); Dy 100 A; DS 305 A(1))
Incomplete copy of Captain Close's report (see above). 9 pages. Bromide (white on black); 33 x 21cm. (Dy 1. (part); Dy 100 A)
Used in the compilation of Intelligence Division, War Office maps numbers 1396 (Nyasa-Tanganyika Boundary, scale 1:20,000, 1 sheet) and 1397 (Map of the country between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, scale 1:250,000, 3 sheets), both dated 1899 and filed at Maps MOD IDWO 1896 and Maps MOD IDWO 1897 respectively.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003450985 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/46 : Anglo-German Boundary Commission Nyasa-Tanganyika Boundary 1898 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0046]/040-003450985
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 6 volumes and 9 pages
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1898-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 30.8333,-10.1667,34.0833,-8.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 30°50’0”-E 34°5’0”/S 8°0’0”-S 10°10’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, pencil and crayon; 35 x 24cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- DS 305 A(1)
DS 305 A(2)
DS 305 A(3)
Dy 1
Dy 100 A - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-German Boundary Commission Nyasa-Tanganyika 1898, 1898
Close, Charles Frederick, Knight, army officer, 1865-1952 - Places:
- British Central Africa, Africa
German East Africa, Africa
Lake Nyasa, East Africa
Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Rhodesia, Africa - Related Material:
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The legal basis of the Anglo-German Boundary Commission Nyasa-Tanganyika 1898 can be found at:
Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), pp.1017-1021
An account of the boundary survey can be found at:
- F.F.R. Boileau and L. Wallace, 'The Nyasa-Tanganyika Plateau, The Geographical Journal, 13 (1899), pp.577-621 and associated map