Subject: Re: Indian mess - French to blame?
Date: Apr 27, 2001 @ 23:28
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Arif Samad <fHoiberg@y...> wrote:
>
> Brendan, Thank you for the research. I guess
> Goretty disappeared as an enclave at some time. I
> have not been able to find the 1991 census handbook,
> so you are definitely more current.
> I should have rephrased my question on divided
> islands. I noticed there are other islands that are
> divided, but the big islands mentioned were divided
> with full knowledge of colonial consequences. They
> are big islands that had to be divided as different
> groups were in control of parts before the islands
> were eventually divided and the division couldn't be
> circumvented. Only US-Canada and Scandinavian borders
> seem to divide tiny islands that could easily be
> circumnavigated by the boundary lines. I wonder why
> that is. Mike's explanation makes a lot of sense
> though. Then again, all of them could just be
> mistakes.
> Brendan, don't you have the points for Baarle?
> Maybe you could create excel charts of the small
> enclaves in Baarle like ones done for Cyprus.
> Arif
>
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