[Malta - Valetta Harbour and hinterland]
Single sheet. Hand col. ms. Medium: Edges bound with green silk and whole folded into slip case covered with green marbled paper. Physical description Note: Has a hinged flap to show the proposed fortification. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 135 degrees. 'Sir Alesander Ball's Summer Residence' is marked. Sir A Ball assisted in the reduction of the French garrison of the forts at Valetta in the period 1798-1800 and was Governor of Malta from 1801 until his death in 1809.
Object Details
ID: | G234:4/4 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Anonymous |
Places: | Malta |
Date made: | circa 1803; circa 1805 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Sheet: 115 cm x 130.5 cm |