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Rhodesia-Angola Boundary Commission 1913-1914. Reports & Documents. Astronomical,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- TRIG/42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Rhodesia-Angola Boundary Commission 1913-1914. Reports & Documents. Astronomical, Triangulation and Other Observations and Computations.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1912-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Comprises the following. Original envelopes and folders have been retained. 2 bound volumes of observations and computations. [Date start taken from document in Astronomical Observation Book.] (DS 305 B(3)). 'Anglo Portuguese Boundary Commission (Rhodesia-Angola). 1913.' Introduction and coordinate lists; and List of Azimuth, Reverse Azimuths and Lengths of Sides. Typescripts. 8 pages, 7 pages, 1 folder and 1 envelope. (Folio-Z4-2, Box-FR-Z4-1; CCR/86/Z). 'Report of the Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission. Angola and N[orth].W[est]. Rhodesia. 1913-14.' Original typescript dated 1914, 28 pages (plus an inserted folio) with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil. Also photographic part copy, 18 pages. Also 'Anglo Portuguese Boundary Commission (Rhodesia-Angola). 1913.' Introduction and coordinate lists. Carbon copy of typescript. 8 pages. Also 1 envelope. Photographic copy of 'Rhodesia. Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission (Rhodesia-Angola) 1913. Summary of Triangulation with Co-ordinates List.' 15 pages and 1 envelope. (DS 305 F(1)). Used in the production of Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2964, Rhodesia - Angola Boundary Demarcation Map, scale 1:500,000 dated 1915, filed at Maps MOD GSGS 2964. The triangulation diagram was published as Geographical Section, General Staff No. 3808, Triangulation Diagram of the Anglo-Portuguese (Rhodesia-Angola) Boundary Commission 1913-1914, scale 1:500,000 dated 1927 and filed at Maps 66126.(1.) and Maps MOD GSGS 3808.
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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); A brief outline of the context of the survey and its relation to neighbouring boundary surveys is given in:. E.A. Steel, 'Zambezi-Congo Watershed', The Geographical Journal, 50 (1917), 180-181
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- British Library, Map Library
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Folio-Z4-2, Box-FR-Z4-1
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission (Rhodesia-Angola) 1913-1914, 1913-1914
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 volumes.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, pencil and crayon; 37 x 29cm or smaller
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e136b94f-4062-4d75-a447-69ed0d8979e9/
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Rhodesia-Angola Boundary Commission 1913-1914. Reports & Documents. Astronomical, Triangulation and Other Observations and Computations.