fortmap.jpg (53100 bytes)  Copyright Malta Study Center, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Plans des vieilles et nouvelles fortif de Malthe (Plan of the old and new fortifications of Malta)

Published by Sr. de Fer, Paris, 1694.

This engraved map, which is hand-colored and hand-lettered, is a companion map to L’Isle de Malthe. It shows the organization of the fortifications of Valletta, then the most advanced in the world. The accuracy of its depiction of the streets of Valletta, however, is questionable.