Old Map of Malta by Camocio, 1565: Mdina, Birgu, Senglea, Fort St. Angelo, Gozo town an ancient seat of the

an ancient seat of the Dukes of Norfolk

A Cartographic Gem from Ischia to the Amalfi Coast

Falls Church

it is a cultural artifact that captures the essence of a bygone era

Old Map of Malta by Camocio, 1565: Mdina, Birgu, Senglea, Fort St. Angelo, Gozo town an ancient seat of theDe Melita insula. Melita insula, ab Sicilia disiuneta Africam versus s hierosolimitanor[um] militum sedes is Giovanni Francesco Camocios incisive portrait of Malta at the fulcrum of the sixteenth century Mediterranean. Its Latin title proclaims an island set apart from Sicily, toward Africa, the very seat of the soldiers of Jerusalemthe Knights of St. Johnsignaling a strategic lens as much as a geographic one. Issued in 1565 and drawing upon the famed