ABSTRACT
The island comprises two almost parallel mountain ranges going from east to west and an almost flat plain extending between the ranges from Morpho to Famagusta through Nicosia, the capital. The island of Cyprus has evidence of human inhabitation dating back to 6,000 B.C. Influenced by Minoan and Mycenaean cultures, the island was colonized by the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians. Richard the Lionhearted captured Cyprus during the Third Crusade in 1191 A.D. The government was administered by Great Britain from 1878 to 1914 and became a British Crown Colony in 1925. A new survey was started in 1904 for the purpose of a cadastre in the Famagusta district. The survey commenced in the southeastern portion of Famagusta and was based on Kitchener’s triangulation. The planetable survey was purely graphical, and no field notes were recorded. Subsequently called the “unsound survey,” it continued for 7 years over the Famagusta plains.
