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Insula Malta accuratissime delineata, urbibus et fortalitiis

Description:

expressa Frederico de Wit.

Relief shown pictorially.

Inset with a plan of Valetta to the lower right with a title cartouche above embellished with arms; numbered key to points of interest in upper right corner; ships throughout the Mediterranean.

Legends at the top right indicating city gates, isles, ports ...

Figurative illustration of ships. Compass rose.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Maltese archipelago and North African and Sicilian littoral, with key. Vignettes of multiple sea battles near the coasts of Sicily, Tripoli and Tunis. Insert of Valletta with fortifications. Probably from de Wit’s Atlas Major.

Mason and Willis 50. LDOSJ: 1372

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zr425hy0977

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zr425hy0977

Language:

lat

Publisher:

Frederick de Wit

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Aerial views

Date Issued:

1689

Spatial Coverage:

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