Isola di Malta, olim Melita : descritta, e dedicata Dal P. Coronelli cosmografo della Serenissima Republica di Venetia all'illustrissimo et eccellentissimo Signore Giorgio Corner
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Form | unmediated; sheet |
Extent | 1 map : hand colored; 60.5 x 45 cm |
Place | Italy |
Place | Venice |
Publisher | V. M. Coronelli |
Publication date | 1689; 1689 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | Latin |
Map data | Scale 1:85,000 ; E 14°10'48"--E 14°34'35"/N 36°05'07"--N 35°47'58" |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria, 1650-1718 | |
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Associated with | Cornaro, Giorgio, cardinal and archbishop, grand prior of the Order of Malta for the island of Cyprus, 1658-1722 |
Subjects
Subject | Bird's-eye views > Malta > Early works to 1800 |
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Subject | Malta > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Genre | Map |
Genre | Government publication |
Genre | Cartographic image |
Genre | Maps |
Genre | Early maps |
Genre | Aerial views |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. |
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Note | Relief shown by hashures and pictorially. |
Note | Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. |
Note | 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. |
Note | Decorative cartouche. |
Note | Shows topography, cities and towns. |
Note | 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. |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yf723tp6106 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- 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.
- Copyright
- 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
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Collection
Glen McLaughlin Maps Collection -- Maps of Malta
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