Subject: Re: Baarle history?
Date: Sep 20, 2004 @ 22:15
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
<jesniel@i...> wrote:
> I had the chance to look through Ewan Anderson's book
International boundaries today (http://tinyurl.com/5x8jc)

this was previewed in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/1344

> Looking up BENL I found this to my surprise: "...the boundary
makes a further series of loops, utilizing short lengths of tributary
including an adjustment (1995) to encompress what been
previously an exclave, Baarle Hertog in Belgium. From the former
exclave...."
>
> To my knowledge it was the opposite that happened, a
confirmation of the borders...?

i believe you are right & he wrong about this
or at least i dont understand what he means

> Well, Mr. Anderson also calls ATCHDE a tripoint and fails to
mention DELU as a condominium.

gideon also calls atchde a tripoint
& i believe correctly so
because in the absence of any agreement
atchde is nothing but a hypothetical equidistance tripoint

& i believe he rightly states its approximate position as such

> He leaves out Vennbahn on BEDE and Jungholz on ATDE.
>
> Further he only mentions 1+2 enclaves at AMAZ.

understandably
since he didnt have the benefit of our newfound confirmations

until a few days ago even some of us were seeing up to 6 there

> Jesper