Visscher, Nicolaes
Insularum Melitae vulgo Maltae et Gozae...(Amsterdam, ca. 1680). Engraved hand-colored map, 19 7/8 x 23 7/16 in. (505 x 595 mm).
A handsome map of the fortified and strategic island of Malta, with a highly detailed inset view of the Mediterranean and North Africa, and a decorative cartouche adorned with the crest of the Order of Malta. From Visscher's world atlas, Atlas Contractus Orbis Terrarum Praecipuas ac Novissimas Complectens Tabulas.