Treasures from Malta

Louis de Boisgelin, Ancient and Modern Malta:

Containing a Full and Accurate Account of the Present State of the Islands of Malta and Goza, the History of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, also a Narrative of the Events which Attended the Capture of these Islands by the French, and their conquest by English. Two Volumes, London 1805.

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  Engraving, Maltese countryside

Engraving, La Vallette

 

 

 

 

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Engraving, showing Maltese women wearing faldettas, some imaginary classical remains in the Maltese countryside, and a Maltese dog. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A later portrait of Jean de la Vallette, Master of the Order during the Great Siege of Malta (1565).  The city of Valletta is named for him.

All images copyright Malta Study Center, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library

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