MONIN, Charles V. – PLAN DE LA VILLE ET DU PORT DE MALTE and ILE DE MALTE – 1835

Description

Napoleon period.

A coloured map of Malta and port taken from , Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer, de 1792 à 1837, by Abel Hugo. Paris 1835-1838 – 5 vols., (Paris, 1835).

A plan of Port and Malta map on one sheet by MONIN, Charles V. measuring 225 x 155mm, PLAN / DE LA VILLE ET DU PORT DE / MALTE and ILE DE MALTE. steel engraving.

A military plan of the town and port of Malta showing defences in detail, and an attractive more general map of the islands of Malta and Comino, with a part of Gozo just visible. Oriented with north to the lower right corner, towns and settlements are noted, roads and tracks are marked and physical features are indicated by hatchuring.