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Language English Place Valetta, Malta Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 43833

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Add MS 43833
Title:
'VEDUTA DEL GRAN PORTO DI MALTA'. A panoramic view, in watercolour, of Valletta, and the surrounding country, with a key in Italian. Ships of the British fleet are depicted in the harbour, and the Union flag (of the pattern in use before 1801) is shown flying over the principal forts, while the Tricolor appears lowered, presumably in consequence of the capitulation of the French garrison on 5 Sept. 1800. Added in the upper margin are two keys in English entitled 'Buildings acknowledged to be...
Scope & Content:
Valetta, Malta: View: 1800. Ordnance: View of Valetta, Malta, showing buildings belonging to the Ordnance: 1800. Maps and Plans: View of Valetta, Malta: 1800.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 63590 A-C

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Add MS 63590 A-C
Title:
MALTA: presentation plans of actual and proposed fortifications in Valletta and its vicinity [by Antoine Maurizio, Count Valperga]; circa 1671. French. All show pinmarks to guide copyists. For Valperga's proposals, see Alison Hoppen, The Fortification of Malta by the Order of St. John 1530-1798 (Edinburgh, 1979), pp. 56-58, 65, 79-83, 90-95, 102, 118-119. The three plans were originally part of the Louvois Atlas (Add. 64108, 64109), prepared for François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois...
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Island of Malta: Antoine Maurizio Valperga, Count: Valetta, Malta: Three plans of fortifications in and around Valletta by Antoine Maurizio Valperga: circa 1671: Fr: Map scale 1:13920; 6960.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1671
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 71703

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Add MS 71703
Title:
VALLETTA: [plan of town of Valletta and surrounding fortifications]. 1822, with notes to 1840. Scale circa 1:4000. Scale bar of 250 cannes (= 5 inches). The plan gives a detailed outline of the port and harbour as well as the town. Streets and churches are marked, with areas coloured in blue wash being those conceded by the government of Malta to the Royal Navy, and earmarked for use as dockyards, schools, and hospitals. The plan, which also carries heavy annotations relating to later proper...
Scope & Content:
Sir John Thomas Briggs, Navy Accountant-General: Maps and Plans: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland, GCB; Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands: Valetta, Malta: Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm: Navy; England: Plan of town of Valletta and surrounding fortifications , with annotations sign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1840
Extent:
1 item