Malta

Description

Title: Malta
Alternative Title: Descrittione dell' isola di Malta
Creator: Porcacchi, Thomaso, approximately 1530-1585?
Contributor: Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604.
Published / Created: 1572?]
Publication Place: In Venetia
Publisher: Appresso S. Galignani & G. Porro
Description: Includes part of Gozo.
Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano..., p. 43.
The map appears in various editions of the atlas from 1572 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated.
Oriented with north towards right.
Relief shown pictorially.
Text in Italian on verso.
Extent: 1 map : 11 x 15 cm on sheet 18 x 23 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:227,000]
Coordinates: (E 14.20°--E 14.60°/N 37.00°--N 35.80°).
Language: Italian

Access: Public
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