Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. Relief shown by hashures and pictorially. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. The map of the island is surrounded by an elaborate border made up of the coats of arms of the Grand Masters of the Order of Malta. Decorative cartouche. Shows topography, cities and towns. Maltese archipelago with topography and fortifications. Dedicated to Giorgio Corner. Engravings of 62 coats-of-arms of Grand Masters, from Gerard, the founder, in 1099 to Gregoire Caraffa (1680-1690) in 1680, the 61st Grand Master and 19th in Malta, surrounding the map clockwise from lower center. What Coronelli lacks in cartographical draughtsmanship, he makes up for in decorative historical information. From the atlas Atlante Veneto. Venice 1690-96.
Creator:
Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria, 1650-1718 and Cornaro, Giorgio, cardinal and archbishop, grand prior of the Order of Malta for the island of Cyprus, 1658-1722
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