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	Maltese Cartography


	Quintin, Jean, author No title. Lyons (?) 1536. Woodcut 187 x 137 Scale c 1:230,000 South West at the top The Maltese archipelago with out of scale parts of Tripoli, the Morea, Italy, and Sicily. The first printed map of Malta in a reprint edition of Jean Quintin’s Insulae Melitae Descriptio. Lyons, 1536. Quintin, a French Knight, came to Malta with the Order in 1530 and very probably collected information for the map himself, emphasizing the Borgo and adjacent peninsulas. Note the Order’s flag in Borgo and Tripoli castle; the walled citadels at Mdina and Gozo; and the chapel commemorating St. Paul’s shipwreck.


	Petri, Henricus, cartographer and engraver Melita. 1561. 80 x 120 Scale c 1:385,714 Petri’s woodcut is undoubtedly influenced by the round shaped form of Quintinus’s Malta which served as a model for several cartographers. Unlike Quintinus’ map, which is projected with the south west at the top, Petri’s map is drawn on a north axis. It appeared in several works including Enrico Pantaleone’s Militaris Ordinis Iohannitarum, Rhodiorum, aut Melitensium Equitum Reum Memorabilium…Historia Nova. Basel, 1581.


	Zenoi, Domenico, cartographer, engraver and publisher Assedio de l’ Isola di Malta 1565. Venice, 1567. 204 x 150 Scale c 1:190,000 South West at the top Bird’s-eye view of events for the Great Siege of Malta (1565). The map was engraved on copper and published in the Paolo Forlani and Domenico Zenoi town books (Venice, 1567). Zenoi’s map is fish-shaped. The harbour area is blown out of proportion and the peninsula of Sceberras has an unnatural curve which was perhaps copied from Forlani’s siege map. It served as a model for the map engraved by Girolamo Porro for Tommaso Porcacchi’s book L’Isole Piu` Famose del Mondo which ran into several editions The delicate Zenoi engraving was included by Zaltieri in his Disegni delle piu` Illustri Citta` et Fortezze del Mondo. Venice, 1569.


	Perez d’ Aleccio, Matteo, engraver Disegno dell’ Isola di Malta et La Venuta dell’ Armata Turchesca a Di XVIII di Maggio MDLXVI. Rome, 1582. 430 x 340 Scale c 1:70,000 South West at the top Reprint of Perez d’ Aleccio’s engraving of the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, originally published in an album of etchings (1582) which in turn reproduced the artist’s frescoes of the Siege in the Grand Master’s Palace, Valletta. Displeased at the dedication to Cardinal dei Medici, Grand Master Verdale withdrew his favour and ensured that few copies were published. D’ Aleccio’s work was reprinted in 1631 by Antonio Francesco Lucini of Florence who removed the written text from the face of each picture massing it below. The engraving shows the military situation on Malta when the Turks landed on 18 May 1565.

Villamena, Francesco, engraver

Valletta Citta` Nova de Malta. Rome, 1601-2.

434 x 325

Scale c 1:4,000

South South-West at the top

Inset of Maltese archipelago. Compass rose with inset of Italy and islands. Dedicated by Fr. Francesco dell’ Antella to Giacomo Bosio. With coat-of-arms of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt.

From the third volume of Istoria della Sacra Religione di S. Giovanni Gerosolmitano by Giacomo Bosio, Roma, 1594 – 1602.


	Anon Isole di Malta e del Gozo. Malta (?) 1647. 385 x 174 Scale c 1:125,000 South East at the top Cartouche with quotation from the Book of Isaiah: In Insulis Maris Nomen Dni Dei Israel Folding map in Gio Francesco Abela’s Della Descrittione di Malta. Malta,1647. Crudely engraved map with letterpress title and key to 130 features. The Chersonesos or peninsula overlooking the Malta-Gozo straits is a direct reference to the much debated site referred to by the early geographers Ptolemy and Cluverius.


	Cluverius, Philip, cartographer Melita. Wolfenbuttel, c 1659. 170 x 130 Scale c 1:321,800 Small map of Malta in Philip Cluverius’ Sicilia Antiqua ac Insulae Minores Opus Tabulis Geographicis Illustratum. Wolfenbuttel: Peter Van Der Aa, 1659. The map identifies the classical sites of the ancient capital Melita and the temples of Juno and Hercules.


	Anon Veteris Melitae Urbis Typus. Malta (?) 1647 238 x 178 Scale c 1:2,500 West at the top Bird’s eye view with key. A crude engraving (possibly on brass) of Mdina as it might have appeared in Roman antiquity. Short key in letterpress to the left of the plate. In Gio. Francesco Abela Della Descrittione di Malta. Malta, 1647.


	Aubry, Abraham, engraver No title. Helmstedt c. 1658. 95 x 70 Scale c 1:570,000 South West at the top Small map of the Maltese archipelago within a scroll border at the foot of the engraved title page of Malta Vetus et Nova by Burchardt Niderstedt. Helmstedt, 1658. An accomplished engraving by Aubry of Strasbourg. The smallest recorded map of the archipelago.


	Blaeu, Joan, cartographer and engraver Melita Insula vulgo Malta. Amsterdam 1662 560 x 444 Scale c 1:90,000 West at the top Title cartouche flanked by a Knight of the Order and a Turkish soldier, with swords drawn; and the Holy Trinity with Saints. Maltese archipelago, showing naval battle between the Order and the Turks. An artistically very well-balanced map from the leading firm of Dutch map engravers of the 17^th century. This map, and a Blaeu plan of Valletta also held by the University Library, are the ones that would have been found, in atlas form, in the libraries of many scholars and noblemen of the period. Text in German on back.


	Blaeu, Joan, engraver Valletta Citta` et Fortezza nell’ Isola di Malta. Amsterdam, 1663. 508 x 404 Scale c 1:3,750 South East at the top Valletta with buildings, streets, fortifications, and shipping. Key underneath. A very fine engraving by Joan Bleau from his Theatrum Civitatum…Neapolis et Siciliae Regnorum. Amsterdam, 1663.


	De Fer, Nicolas, cartographer Inserlin, Charles, engraver L’Isle de Malthe. Paris, 1695 287 x 155 Scale c 1:165,000 South West at the top Probably from de Fer’s Les Forces de l’ Europe. Paris, 1695. ‘La plus grande partie des geographes estimes cette isle etre d’ Afrique…’ Note the acqueduct and the two Naxxar – Mellieħa roadways.


	Homann, Johann Baptist, cartographer, engraver and publisher Insularum Maltae et Gozae quae sunt Equitum S. Ioannis Hierosolomitani Ordinis Melit. Sedes Principalis. Nuremberg c. 1702 – 1724 576 x 483 Scale c 1:85,000 The Maltese archipelago with inset view of Valletta from the Grand Harbour, and plan of fortifications copied from Vincenzo Maria Coronelli’s map of 1686. Elaborate cartouches around scale, inset, and title. This is the first of the highly decorative 18^th century maps of Malta. The map comes from Homann’s Atlas, or his later Grosser Atlas.


	De Berey, Charles Amadeus (II), engraver Le Villes, Forts et Chateaux de Malte 1724. Paris (?) 1724. 340 x 223 Scale c 1:15,500 South West at the top An accurate plan of Valletta. Key, with descriptions, over four preceeding pages to 86 features. In Abbe de Vertot’s Historie de Chevaliers Hospitaliers de St Jean de Jerusalem. Paris, 1726. Also in the London, 1728 edition.


	De Berey, Charles Amadeus, engraver Batteries et Des Redoutes Faites pour la Deffence de la Coste. Paris (?) 1726. 340 x 223 Scale c 1:100,000 South West at the top Drapery title cartouche Map of the archipelago drawn to show the coastal defences of the Order in Malta. Folding map in a reprint edition of l’ Abbe Rene’ Aubert de Vertot’s Historie des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de St. Jean de Jerusalem. Paris, 1726.


	Sanson, Nicolas, cartographer Winter, Adrian de, engraver De Eilanden van Malta – Goza. Early 18^th century. 307 x 204 Scale c 1:178,800


	Bowen, Emmanuel, cartographer and publisher Particular Draughts of some of the Chief African Islands in the Mediterranean, as also in the Atlantic and Ethiopic Oceans: An Accurate Map of the Islands of Malta, Goze & Cuming. London, 1752. 210 x 105 Scale c 1:250,000 South West at the top Engraving from A Complete Atlas or Distinct View of the Known World. London, 1752. Note the numbered sites for the fortifications of Malta covering every possible landing place on the shoreline.


	Anon Syrtes, Byzacium, et Africa Propria`. s.l., c. 1755. 208 x 140 Scale c 1:10,000,000 Folding map showing the classical sites of Southern Sicily, and the North African coast with Malta and adjacent islands. Fine hand colouring.


	Anon Carte de l’Isle de Malte. France, mid-18^th century. 165 x 215 Scale c 1:135,000 South West at the top Map of Malta showing anchorages on the north and north eastern shores of the island. The map comes from a multi-volume atlas and is identified as Vol. 4, no. 106.


	Anon Plan des Port et Ville de Malthe. France, mid-18^th century. 177 x 219 Scale c 1:38,100 North East at the top The Grand and Marsamxett harbour with Valletta, the three cities and surrounding casals. The map comes from a multi volume atlas and is identified as vol. 4 no. 107. Note the shore entrenchments running all the way from Ricasoli down to Żonqor-M’Scala.


	Anon Plan de Vieilles et Novelle Fortifications de Malthe situees dans l’ Isle du Meme Nom. Paris (?) mid-18^th century. 275 x 213 Scale c 1:20,000 South West at the top Valletta and the three cities. Fortifications wth key showing new and proposed works without differentiation. A copy of Nicolas de Fer’s map of 1704/05. Note the bastions and curtains linking the Cottonera Lines to Fort Ricasoli.


	Sesone, Francesco La Citta della Valletta nell’ Isola di Malta. Naples, c 1763 160 x 101 Scale c 1:10,000 South East at the top Birds-eye view of Valletta. In Thomas Salmon’s Lo Stato Presente di Tutti Paesi e Popoli del Mondo. Naples, 1763 vol. 24.


	Anon Malta Colle Sue Citta`, Fortificazioni, Terre, Villaggi, e Luoghi Alpestri, Con Le Sue Isole. Malta, c 1772. 710 x 295 Scale c 1:65,000 South West at the top Anonymous engraving lacking in chiaroscuro, with two florid cartouches. Folding map in Abela, Gio Francesco & Ciantar, Gio Antonio Malta Illustrata. Malta, 1772.


	Anon L’ Antica Citta di Malta Oggi detta Notabile Ristretta e Cinta di Mura. Malta, 1772 185 x 293 including key Scale c 1:4,000 Large baroque cartouche with arms of Vittoriosa, Valletta, Notabile and Senglea. Plan of Mdina with key to 17 features. In Abela, G.F. & Ciantar, G. A. Malta Illustrata. Malta, 1772.


	Kitchin, Thomas, cartographer Dorn, Sebastian, engraver Eine genave Charte von Sicilien und Malta für Brydön’s Reise durch diese Inseln. London 1777. 290 x 263 Scale c 1:1,330,000 Map in a 1777 Liepzig edition of Patrick Brydone’s A Tour Through Sicily and Malta. London, 1776.


	Borch, le Comte de, artist Pittarelli, Joseph, engraver Les Freres Reycends, publisher Carte de la Sicilie Moderne Fait d’Après de Nouvelles Observations en 1778. Turin, 1780. 411 x 395 Scale c 1:675,000 Cartouche of monumental stone, surrounded by yucca and cacti. Folding map in Le Comte de Borsch’s Lettres sur le Sicile et sur l’Ile de Malthe. Turin: Les Freres Reycends, 1782. Borsch’s two volume work was published as a supplement to Patrick Brydone’s A Tour Through Sicily and Malta, London, 1773.


	Ittar, Sebastiano, engraver No title. Malta or Paris, 1791. 237 x 100 Scale 1:190,000 South West at the top. Compass star incorporating the St. John Cross. Folding map of the Maltese archipelago in Malte Par Un Voyageur Francais by E. de Guignard Comte de Saint Priest. Malta, 1791. Ittar’s map identifies the ruins of the temple of Prosperina on today’s Imtarfa heights.


	Capitaine, Louis, engraver Carte des Isles de Malte et du Goze Conquise par l’ Armee Navale de la Republique Francaise Commandeé par le General Buonaparte. Paris, 1798. 735 x 223 Scale c 1:85,000 South West at the top Folding map in Recherches Historiques et Politiques su Malte. Paris. An. 6, 1797-98 Dedicated to the French Directory on the occasion of Napoleon’s capture of Malta. The map is dated an. 6 of the Republican Calendar, which ended on the 21 September 1798. The map must have therefore been produced between late June 1798 when news of the French taking of the island reached Paris, and September.


	Boisgelin de Kerdu, Louis de, cartographer Neele, Samuel John, engraver A New Sea & Land Chart of the Sovereign Principality of Malta… London 1804. 1290 x 551 Scale c 1:38,000 North East at the top Cartouche depicting Knight of the Order attempting to reach one of the Order’s vessels floundering off Malta. Topography of the Maltese archipelago. A good example of English mapping of the early nineteenth century. The hatching used to depict hills and valleys is similar to that used on early Ordnance Survey maps. The chart was planned ‘under’ the ‘ particular inspection’ of Chevalier de Boisgelin for his Ancient and Modern Malta. London, 1804. It is very similar to A.F. Gervais de Palmers’ A Topographical Map…of Malta and Gozo (London 1799).


	Neele, Samuel John, engraver Map of Sicily & C. London 1813. 254 x 201 Scale c 1:804,600 Map of Sicily with inset map of Malta from Edward Blaquiere’s Letters From the Mediterranean Containing a Civil and Political Account of Sicily, Tripoly, Tunis, and Malta. London: Henry Colburn 1813.


	Ruga, P, engraver Carta Topographica delle Isole di Malta Comino e Gozo. Rome c 1816. 566 x 219 Scale c 1:87,719 South West at the top Folding map of the Maltese archipelago in Malta Antica Illustrata co` Monumenti, e coll` Istoria by Comm. Onorato Bres. Rome, 1816. The map divides the island into a ‘parte abitata’ and a ‘parte deserta’.


	Brocktorff, Luigi Map of Malta and its Dependencies. Malta c 1820 – 1838. Lithograph 458 x 340 Scale c 1:95,000 Maltese archipelago with inset offshore view of Valletta Folding map in the first edition of George Percy Badger’s Description of Malta and Gozo. Malta: M. Weiss, 1838. This detailed map identifies, among others, all the Order’s fortifications and shore entrenchments. The area Paola – Cottonera is described as deserted while the San Giuseppe cluster of houses on the aqueduct route marks the site of present day Ħamrun.


	Duvotenay, Theodore, cartographer Lemaitre, Augustin Francois, engraver Iles de Malte et du Gozo. Paris, 1840. 108 x 170 Scale c 1:293,400 North West at the top Frederic Lacroix’s L’ Univers: Histoire et Description de Tous les Peuples. Iles de l’ Afrique: Malte et le Goze. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1848. The map had originally appeared in A. H. Dufour and Theodore Duvotenay’s La Terre: Atlas Universal de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne. Paris, 1840. Many of the places shown on the map are beautifully illustrated in the forty engravings which accompany the text.


	Koeppelin, Georges de, engraver Ile de Malte et Ses Dependances. Paris, c 1840. 375 x 267 Scale c 1:95,000 Folding map of Malta in the first volume of Dominique Miege’s Historie de Malte. Paris: Paulin, 1840.


	Anon No title. 19^th century. 175 x 130 Scale c 1:230,000 South West at the top Hydrographic map of Maltese anchorages


	Stanford Geographical Establishment Malta. London, 1901. 196 x 146 Scale c 1: 215,424 Folding map in Guide to the Western Mediterranean. London: Macmillan, 1901

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