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TRIG/48
- Record Id:
- 040-003451047
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100077522802.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/48
- Title:
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Africa: Miscellaneous Survey Documents
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises the following:
Notebook of astronomical and sun observations dated 1898-1899 and taken on Major A. St Hill Gibbons' expedition to Barotseland. Manuscript: coloured ink and pencil on ruled paper; 16 x 10cm.
'Astronomical Observation Angle Book'. Observations dated 1902-1903 and taken by Captain P. Maud, R.E. on Mr A.E. Butter's expedition to produce a preliminary survey along the Abyssinia - British East Africa boundary. Printed, with manuscript additions in ink and pencil; 19 x 13cm.
4 Traverse Field Books dated 1926-27 containing observations taken by the Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission along the Kenya - Italian Somaliland boundary. Manuscript: coloured ink, pencil and crayon on squared paper; 19 x 22cm.
Photographic copy of 'Geographical Mission of Mozambique - Triangulation Vertices (1953)'. Station descriptions. 3 pages. ? Bromide: 33 x 21cm and 26 x 21cm. (DS 331 A; DS 360.1/6; DS 360.1/7)
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003451047 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/48 : Africa: Miscellaneous Survey Documents - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0048]/040-003451047
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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6 volumes and 3 pages
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1953
- Date Range:
- 1898-1953
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 22.0000,-34.5000,42.0000,12.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 22°0’0”-E 42°0’0”/N 12°0’0”-S 34°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: coloured ink, pencil and crayon on squared paper; 19 x 22cm.
- Former External References:
- DS 331 A
DS 360.1/6
DS 360.1/7 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission 1926-27, 1926-27
Butter, Archibald Edward, army officer, 1874-1928
Gibbons, Alfred, army officer and explorer, 1858-1916
Junta das Missoes Geográficas e de Investigaçoes de Cartografia, Mozambique, 1936-1956?
Maud, Philip, army officer and international rugby player, 1870-1947 - Places:
- Abyssinia, Africa
Africa, Africa
Barotseland, Southern Africa
British East Africa, Africa
Italian Somaliland, Africa
Kenya, Africa
Mozambique, Africa - Related Material:
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A description of Major A. St Hill Gibbons' expedition is given in:
- A. St Hill Gibbons, 'Explorations in Marotseland and Neighbouring Regions', The Geographical Journal, 17(1901), pp.106-29
- A. St Hill Gibbons, Africa From South to North (London: John Lane, 1904)
A description Captain P. Maud's journey in southern Abyssinia is given at:
- Philip Maud, 'Exploration in the Southern Borderland of Abyssinia', The Geographical Journal, 23(1904), 552-79 and map after p. 704.
The legal background to the Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission Kenya - Italian Somaliland is given at:
- Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), p.899