AGSL GeoDiscovery

L'isle de Malthe et celles de Goze et de Comino

Alternative Title:

L'isle de Malthe et celles de Goze et de Comino avec leurs cala ou ports, leurs tours ou vedettes qu'ils nomment casali et leurs precipices qu'ils appellent redum

Description:

par N. de Fer Géographe de sa Majesté Catholique.

Following the title: L'Isle de Malthe est possedée par les chevaliers qui portent aujourd'hui ce nom et où le Grand Maitre de cet ordre fait sa résidence. Elle est située dans la Mer Mediterranée entre la Barbarie et la Sicile a 35 degrés 53 minutes de latitude sep. et a 32 degrés 30 min. de longit. selon les dernières observations, la plus grande partie des geographes estiment cette isle etre d'Afrique.

Relief shown pictorially.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Compass rose, rhumb lines, oats of arms.

Shows topography, drainage, cities and towns.

Decorative cartouche.

Maltese archipelago, topography, and fortifications, showing coats-of-arms of Grand Masters of the Order of St. John from The Venerable Gerard, the first Grand Master, to Marcantonio Zondadari, the 64th Grand Master (1720-1722) and 22nd in Malta. Dedicated to 'Mgr le Bailli de Mesmes Embassadeur Extraordinaire de l’ordre de Malthe, pres sa Majeste tres Chretienne' ; From posthumous edition of de Fer's Atlas ou Recueil de Cartes. This is Vouillemont's map of 1662 (LDOSJ : 1325 published in 1672) brought up to date. Arms of de Mesmes.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/pm074nb3569

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/pm074nb3569

Language:

lat

Creator:

Fer, Nicolas de, cartographer, geographer and engraver, 1646-1720 and Mesmes (de),?, Ambassdor of the Order of Malta in Paris from 1715 to 1741

Publisher:

Chez l'auteur avec privil. du roy [Nicolas De Fer]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Bird's-eye views

Date Issued:

1722

Spatial Coverage:

Malta, Gozo Island (Malta), and Comino Island (Malta)

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection – Maps of Malta courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false