Northern Rhodesia - Portuguese Kwando Boundary Commission 1960-64. Copies of Documents...

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.

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)

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