Old Map of Malta by Camocio, 1565: Mdina, Birgu, Senglea, Fort St. Angelo, Gozo town Text on the telegraph cable's

Text on the telegraph cable's influence on international relations

it is a cultural artifact that captures the essence of a bygone era

The map is part of a whimsical

Falls Church

an ancient seat of the Dukes of Norfolk

Old Map of Malta by Camocio, 1565: Mdina, Birgu, Senglea, Fort St. Angelo, Gozo town Text on the telegraph cable'sDe 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