Subject: Brendan&#39;s Big Book of Baarle<br/>
Date: Oct 08, 2004 @ 00:02<br/>
Author: Brendan Whyte (Brendan Whyte &lt;bwhyte@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-455166391">My work on Baarle is now available for purchase (just in time for Christmas)!<br/>
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Whyte, B.R., (2004) &quot; &#39;En territoire Belge et a quarante centimetres de la <br/>
frontiere&#39;, an historical and documentary study of the Belgian and Dutch <br/>
enclaves of Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau&quot;<br/>
Research Paper #19, School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental <br/>
Studies (SAGES), University of Melbourne, Melbourne.<br/>
ISBN 0-7340-3032-0<br/>
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Price (in Australian dollars, inclusive of postage, packing (& GST for <br/>
Australian customers)):<br/>
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Victoria                $55 inc post/pack/GST<br/>
Elsewhere in Australia  $60 inc post/pack/GST<br/>
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251 pages, A4, hardback, the book is intended in style and appearance as a <br/>
companion volume to my book on the Cooch Behar enclaves.<br/>
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Includes<br/>
- History of Baarle from c.1000 and division c.1198 to the present day.<br/>
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- Description of the current situation and the effects of the enclaves on <br/>
&quot;la vie quotidienne&quot;.<br/>
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- Extensive references and footnotes<br/>
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- Lists of the rulers of Baarle (with dates) from the Holy Roman Emperors <br/>
to the Lords of Turnhout and Breda to the communal mayors<br/>
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- English translations of 29 important documents affecting Baarle&#39;s <br/>
sovereignty and boundaries, from the original deeds of 1198 dividing Baarle <br/>
(rendered from Latin into English for the first time), through the cession <br/>
of Turnhout to the Princess of Orange 1649 (again, first time in English <br/>
from French/Spanish original), Belgo-Dutch boundary treaty of 1842 to the <br/>
Minute delimiting the enclaves of 1995.<br/>
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- Tables of the enclaves sorted by area, perimeter, number of turning <br/>
points and average distance between turning points<br/>
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- 48 contemporary photographs,<br/>
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- 4 general maps of world enclaves and of Baarle&#39;s enclaves (labelling each <br/>
of the 30 enclaves),<br/>
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- 14 original time series maps illustrating the changing sovereignties in <br/>
the Low Countries from c.1200 to the present,<br/>
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- 22 original and reproduction maps and photos showing changes in Baarle <br/>
and its boundaries from Ferraris&#39; maps of 1777, to maps and sketches of the <br/>
fences around Baarle 1915-18, to the current Dutch 1:25,000 topo maps,<br/>
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- 2 original maps of current tourist and twinned municipal facilities  in <br/>
the village and its surrounds,<br/>
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- and the &quot;piece de resistance&quot;, 24 original maps locating and numbering <br/>
*every one* of the 959 turning points of the enclaves&#39; boundaries, and <br/>
showing most of the individual buildings in the village (many with house <br/>
numbers), including all divided buildings.<br/>
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The Word and PDF versions of SAGES&#39;  online Research Paper Order Form have <br/>
not yet been updated (but soon will be) <br/>
&lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geography.unimelb.edu.au/research/papers.html">http://www.geography.unimelb.edu.au/research/papers.html</a>&gt;, but you can <br/>
order by<br/>
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1) emailing credit card details to Ms Kate Marks  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:kate@...">kate@...</a><br/>
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2) Faxing 61-3-9349 4218<br/>
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3) Posting an international money order for the amount in Australian <br/>
Dollars, to<br/>
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Ms Kate Marks<br/>
SAGES<br/>
University of Melbourne<br/>
VIc 3010<br/>
AUSTRALIA<br/>
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Review/criticism/additions/errata welcome.<br/>
<br/>
Dr Brendan Whyte<br/>
Assistant Map Curator<br/>
ERC Library<br/>
University of Melbourne<br/>
Vic 3010<br/>
AUSTRALIA<br/>
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