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Title: | It's Malta, but not as you know it |
Authors: | Fenech, Iggy |
Keywords: | Malta -- Antiquities Malta -- Maps Collectors and collecting -- Malta Map collections -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2019-06 |
Publisher: | Malta : Allied Newspapers Ltd. |
Citation: | Fenech, I. (2019). It's Malta, but not as you know it. Places : Design & Living, 28, 56-58. |
Abstract: | For many of us. the map of the Maltese Islands is as familiar as the sight of our local village church. The elongated fish- like outline is something we learn about in school from our early years and one we automatically search for every time we see a map that includes the Mediterranean Sea. Yet the shape and the details we are so accustomed to haven't always been t here; they are the result of hundreds of maps that have been designed and redesigned over the centuries. Th is quickly becomes apparent when I meet Claude Micallef Attard, an avid collector and researcher of Melitensia maps. views and books, as well as the honorary treasurer and co-founder, along with Dr Albert Ganado, of the Malta Map Society. Indeed, as he shows me a few dozen maps from his collection, the first thing that strikes me is how thwarted the shape of our islands used to be. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/105549 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCGARGeo |
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