thanx very much brendan
this is all great to know
& much of it dizzying besides
i think our inventory of the continental tri country points may already be
complete in message 597
but it will be wonderful to double check them all with gideon
like god peeping at the answers in the bible
i am especially curious whether he agrees with brownlies 5 theses for the
botswana namibia zambia zimbabwe tripoints
or quadripoint
or whether gideon gives any new clues 16 years later
or whether anyone knows for that matter if the recent icj ruling on sedudu
mud flat affects this
also any other terrestrial tri country point news of course
then or since
still seeking a bible of the maritime tri country points tho
& a means for catching up to & keeping abreast of new developments in this area
since it is our very great weakness
i suppose i should just look for an unclos office somewhere
but i hesitate to disturb people at work
especially with such a far out request
& i must say
your closeness to the gigantic offices & name of prescott
stands me up still taller to know you too
sincerely
m
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>
>> Gideon Biger's "Encyclopedia of International
>> >Bonudaries" (1995, Facts on File, NY)
>>
>>gideons bible will set us back 125 simoleons at amazon
>>
>>but can you tell me
>>is he on top of the maritime tri country points
>>& is there perhaps a list of them you could transmit
>>or any other bare essentials in this area
>>
>No, nothing maritime, just terrestrial.
>It lists, alphabetically, every land boundary with a description of where it
>goes. It is not, however, a catalogue ofthe legal descriptions, like
>Brownlie's @African boundaries' is. For Asia see J.r.v. Prescott's
>@Map of Mainland Asia by Treaty', Melbourne Uni Press, 1975
>or Prescott, Collier and Prescott, 'Frontiers of asia and Southeast Asia',
>Melbourne Uni Press, 1977.
>The former is over 500 pages of treaties and legal documents coupled with
>Prescott's own historical summary of the boundary formation process for
>every nation-wise boundary from Afghanistan-Iran eastwards. Includes sikkim,
>but no boundaries in island SE Asia.
>The latter book is a paperback, 100pp, without the legal documents, but with
>a nice full page 2 colour map of each boundary and a description of the
>historical formation of the border. Further references are given. Again the
>middle east is left out, but insular SE Asian boundaries are included, ie
>Brunei, Malaysia/Indonesia on borneo, Indon/PNG on New Guinea and East
>Timor/Indon (it was only just Indon-invaded back then), and the torres
>strait boundary between PNG and Australia.
>It also includes maritime boundaries as known then. But they are still in
>the process of formation.
>
>If you can't find secondhand copies on the 2 book websites i gave yesterday
>(and there should be several copies on them), then write directly to
>Professor Victor Prescott, who has a few new copies still for sale:
>j.prescott@...
>
>Brendan