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Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Congo-Zambesi Watershed Section. Boundary,...

Catalogue reference: TRIG/26

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This record is a file about the Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Congo-Zambesi Watershed Section. Boundary,... dating from 1927-1930.

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TRIG/26
Title
Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Congo-Zambesi Watershed Section. Boundary, Triangulation Point and External Detail Traverses. Topo[graphical]. Survey Observation Books (office copies).
Date
1927-1930
Description

Boundary Traverses: 29 volumes of office copies of Topo. Survey Traverse Observation Books (numbered A70 to A98). [Note: the original field copies of these volumes are filed at TRIG/16.]. Traverses from Triangulation Points to Boundary Pillars: 2 volumes of office copies of Topo. Survey Traverse Observation Books (numbered B10 and B11) filed at TRIG/17. External Detail Traverses: 4 volumes of office copies of Topo. Survey Traverse Observation Books (numbered C23, C24, C27 and C30) filed at TRIG/18. 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.

Note

DS 300 E: Boundary traverses. DS 305 D: Other traverses.

Related material

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

Held by
British Library, Map Library
Former department reference
DS 300 E
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933, 1927-1933
Physical description
35 volumes.
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Physical condition
Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 16 x 23cm
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4f4c8e67-ec81-4b60-9640-9bc24e2aa532/

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Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Congo-Zambesi Watershed Section. Boundary, Triangulation Point and External Detail Traverses. Topo[graphical]. Survey Observation Books (office copies).