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TRIG/43
- Record Id:
- 040-003450857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100077061849.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/43
- Title:
- Northern Rhodesia - Portuguese Kwando Boundary Commission 1960-64. Copies of Documents Relating to the Agreements Between the United Kingdom and Portugal dated 1954 and the Exchange of Notes Between the United Kingdom and Portugal dated 1964.
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises the following. All items are photocopies of 1963-1964 originals. Original envelopes and folders have been retained.
Lists of final geographical coordinates and azimuths for first and second order triangulation (in Portuguese) (pp2-5 missing) with copy of covering letter. 125 pages and 1 folio. Also report 'The Kwando River Boundary Between Northern Rhodesia and Angola', 2 copies, total 6 pages; and Summary of Results and Abstract of Traverse Observations, 32 pages. Also 1 envelopes (DS 360/27; DS 305 H(4); DS111/4; "Portugal 177" JP 1082/2/1964)
Lists of final geographical coordinates and azimuths for first and second order triangulation (pp2-5 only - see above) (in Portuguese). 24 pages and 1 folio. Also 1 envelope. (DS 360/27; DS 305 H(4))
'Kwando River Boundary. General Report of the Joint Boundary Commission'. 3 copies, 76 pages each. (DS 305 H(2); E43/U2/A1)
'SE 34-8. Co-ord[inate]s and H[eigh]ts. of Boundary Pillars (Kwando River boundary]'. Also includes some points on sheets SE 34-3 and SE 34-4. 1 page, recto and verso. Also triangulation diagrams (4 map sheets) as follows:
a. 'Plan of Primary Trig. Kwando River Observed by Portuguese Commission in 1960'. 1 map on 2 sheets. Scale 1:100,000. Bromide; 68 x 80cm and 66 x 85cm. (TRG/M/26A; DS 320/37; DS 305 H(3))
b. 'Plan of Primary Trig. Kwando River Observed by Portuguese Commission in 1961'. Scale 1:100,000. Bromide; 39 x 101cm. A second sheet [not held] may exist to the west. (TRG/M/26B; DS 320/37; DS 305 H(3))
c. 'Plan of Primary Trig. Kwando River Observed by Portuguese Commission in 1962'. Scale 1:100,000. Bromide; 38 x 43cm. (TRG/M/26C; DS 320/37; DS 305 H(3))
d. 'M[issao].G[eográfica].[de]A[ngola]. Esquema de Triangulação Observado em 1960, 61 e 62. Fronteira do Rio Cuando'. [Translation: Geographical Mission of Angola. Triangulation Scheme in 1960, 1961 and 1962. Border of River Kwando.] Scale 1:250,000. Bromide; 33 x 106cm. (DS 320/37; DS 305 H(3))
Used in the production of Series DOS 424/Z741 published on behalf of the Zambian Government, scale 1:50,000 dated 1964 onwards and filed at Maps Y.1697.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003450857 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/43 : Northern Rhodesia - Portuguese Kwando Boundary Commission 1960-64. Copies of Documents Relating to the Agreements Between the United… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0043]/040-003450857
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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4 map sheets, 378 pages, 2 folios and 6 evelopes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Portuguese - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1963
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 1964?-Late 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scales differ
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 21.5000,-18.0000, 24.0000,-16.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 21°30’0”-E 24°0’0”/S 16°0’0”-S 18°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Photocopies, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, pencil and crayon; 68 x 106cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- DS 111/4
DS 305 H(2)
DS 305 H(3)
DS 305 H(4)
DS 320/37
DS 360/27
E43/U2/A1
TRG/M/26A
TRG/M/26B
TRG/M/26C - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Northern Rhodesia - Portuguese Kwando Boundary Commission 1960-1964, 1960-1964
- Places:
- Angola, Africa
Northern Rhodesia, Africa
River Kwando, Southern Africa - Related Material:
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An account of the historical delimitation of the Northern Rhodesia/Zambia-Angola boundary can be found at:
- International Boundary Study No. 119. Angola-Zambian Boundary (Washington D.C.: Office of the Geographer, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1972).