LUCINI, Anton Francesco – IL SOCCORSO PICCOLO AL BORGO DI NOTTE A DI V DI LVGLIO
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LUCINI, Anton Francesco (1610-c1661) – F.° VIII
Title of Map: IL SOCCORSO PICCOLO AL BORGO DI NOTTE A DI V DI LVGLIO
Dist./ Features: The arrival of the Little Relief
Engraver: Anton Francesco Lucini
Title: DISEGNI / DELLA GVERRA
Publisher: Nicolò Allegri
Place: Rome Year: 1631
Engraving size: 304 (345 including text) x 434 mm
Verso: blank
Printing method: copper engraving
Description: This engraving depicts the arrival in the “Borgo” at night time of a small relief detachment of some 750 men (including 40 knights) dispatched from Sicily by the Spanish Viceroy, who at the time was strenously collecting a much larger force to assist the Knights. The arrival in Malta of this small body of men eluding the Ottomen fleet patrolling the channel between Malta and Sicily, and the incredible story how it slipped through the enemy forces camped around the “Borgo-Isola” fortified enclave , is a veritable saga that speaks volumes about the intelligence network maintained by Grand Master de la Vallette even at the height of the conflict.
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