Image Release Note 017: NCAP Upload
Summary
This release is solely dedicated to material from the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS), with near-complete coverage of Botswana, a British colony until 1966. The imagery spans from the 1940s through the 1970s, capturing the region during a pivotal period of colonial transition, independence, and post-colonial development.
The systematic and repeated survey approach of the DOS provides a rare longitudinal view of land use, settlement expansion, and environmental change across Botswana's largely flat landlocked landscape of desert. This makes the collection an invaluable resource for researchers studying political, social, and ecological transformations in the region.
Image caption: Francistown, Botswana; Collection: DOS, Sortie: 75/BC/0018, Frame: 2890 (10 September 1964).
| Release Extent | |
|---|---|
| New Sorties | 174 |
| New Frames | 33,738 |
| Date Range | 1940s-1970s |
Geographical Coverage
International
- Southern Africa: Botswana
| Collection Detail | ||
|---|---|---|
| DOS | 174 sorties | 33,738 frames |
