Mapping Malta’s land and sea
Two publications, Pre-Siege Maps of Malta, Second Century AD - 1564 and The Charting of Maltese Waters, offer an insight into the history of mapping around the Maltese islands, focusing onpre-Great Siege separate maps of Malta and on the historical development of the charting of Maltese waters respectively.
Pre-Siege Maps of Malta, Second Century AD – 1564, by Albert Ganado and Joseph Schiro, embraces all the pre-siege separate maps of Malta, whether manuscript or printed, as well as the appearance of Malta on the maps of the Mediterranean drawn by Ptolemy in the second century AD, by... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.