War Office Map of Malta Mapmaker(s)_Henry Charles Beck Theatrum Europaeum and the Topographia

Theatrum Europaeum and the Topographia Germaniae

The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth-century

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War Office Map of Malta Mapmaker(s)_Henry Charles Beck Theatrum Europaeum and the TopographiaIn the 1920s Valletta was the location of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet's headquarters. Prepared on the island, this map of Malta has a grid over printed in red that shows key features including railways, civil telephone lines and offices, aqueducts and water tanks (brackish and potable). Revised to January 1923, and based on the 1910 War Office map, it is GSGS sheet no. 2430, but was advertised as available for public purchase from Stanfords,