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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/111288| Title: | Notes on Malta : magnæ et invictæ Britanniæ Melitensium amor et Europæ vox has insulas confirmat A.D. 1814 |
| Authors: | Egan, M. H. |
| Keywords: | Malta -- Description and travel Malta -- History Geography -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1922 |
| Publisher: | Chrètien & Co |
| Citation: | Egan, M. H. (1922). Notes on Malta : magnæ et invictæ Britanniæ Melitensium amor et Europæ vox has insulas confirmat A.D. 1814. Archive Pamphlets (Archv. Pamph. Gużè Cassar Pullicino bequest 50). University of Malta Library, Archives & Rare Books dept. |
| Abstract: | The Malta Islands, viz. MALTA, Gozo, COMINO, COMINOTTO, FILFLA (Two last uninhabited) form a group in the central Mediterranean 58 miles South of Sicily and 180 miles from North African Coast. They cover an area of 117 sq. miles. Total Population (Maltese) (1921) 212,000. For purpose of comparison, the Isle of Wight has an area of about 147 sq. miles, population (1911) 88,000, and the United Kingdom has about 375 persons to sq. mile. Malta itself (ancient Melita) has an area of 95 sq. miles being roughly 17 miles long by 8 miles broad, and a population (1921) Maltese 189,700 i.e. some 2.070 persons to the sq. mile. Malta is 2,290 miles from London by ·· sea, Gibraltar being about 1,054 miles from London. [Excerpt] |
| Description: | Gużè Cassar Pullicino bequest |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/111288 |
| Appears in Collections: | Pamphlets - A&SCGCPPam |
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