Old Map of Malta by Camocio, 1565: Mdina, Birgu, Senglea, Fort St. Angelo, Gozo town Whether commemorating a rail journey

Whether commemorating a rail journey

and even a view of Gare St‑Lazare itself

an exceptionally rare handcoloured version

a period in history when the United States was still in its early stages of development

The map is part of a whimsical

Old Map of Malta by Camocio, 1565: Mdina, Birgu, Senglea, Fort St. Angelo, Gozo town Whether commemorating a rail journeyDe Melita insula. Melita insula, ab Sicilia disiuneta Africam versus s hierosolimitanor[um] militum sedes is Giovanni Francesco Camocios incisive portrait of Malta at the fulcrum of the sixteenth century Mediterranean. Its Latin title proclaims an island set apart from Sicily, toward Africa, the very seat of the soldiers of Jerusalemthe Knights of St. Johnsignaling a strategic lens as much as a geographic one. Issued in 1565 and drawing upon the famed