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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149967| Title: | How a Greek river shattered Maltese dreams (and those of a governor) in 1826 |
| Authors: | Cassola, Arnold |
| Keywords: | Malta -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Maltese -- Greece -- History -- 19th century Cephalonia (Greece : Municipality) -- History Agricultural colonies -- Greece -- History -- 19th century Farmers -- Malta -- History -- 19th century Maltese -- Greece -- History -- 19th century |
| Issue Date: | 2026-10 |
| Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Limited |
| Citation: | Cassola, A. (2026, October 10). How a Greek river shattered Maltese dreams (and those of a governor) in 1826. Times of Malta, retrieved from https://timesofmalta.com/article/plots-land-ionian-island-cephalonia-given-maltese-migrants-1826.1134898 |
| Abstract: | Charles James Napier, Governor of Cephalonia between 1822 and 1830, had decided in 1826 to improve Cephalonian agriculture by importing a colony of Maltese farmers “because their well-known industry and skill would inspire the lazy and indifferent Cephalonians to exploit properly their agricultural resources.” and because there could “be no doubt that the best thing for the [Cephalonia] poor was the establishment of the Maltese colony”. Basically, “in Cephalonia, for example, land and labor were available but the farmers were hampered by a lack of knowledge and tools”. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149967 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtMal |
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