Joseph Schirò, Author at Malta Map Society

Pascal Brun from Castellar visits Dr Albert Ganado

Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 by Joseph Schirò

In the last edition of the MMS Journal, Rod Lyon, a Committee member and the PRO of the Malta Map Society, wrote a very interesting article on the village of Castellar in the Alpes-Maritimes, France, situated near the Italian frontier, and only 33 km away from Nice and 20 km away from Monaco. Castellar […]

Dr Daniel Gullo visits Dr Albert Ganado

Posted on January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 by Joseph Schirò

On 11 December, Dr Daniel Gullo the Director of the Malta Study Center of the Monastic Hill Library in Minnesota and the archivist, Dr Valeria Vanesio, paid a courtesy visit to Dr Albert Ganado at his residence in Valletta. During the meeting Dr Gullo mentioned four manuscript portolan maps of Malta which are held at […]

Foundation Meeting of the Malta Map Society 2009

Posted on October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 by Joseph Schirò

The foundation meeting of the Malta Map Society was held on the 14th of November 2009 in the Pardo Hall at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Merchants Street, Valletta. The meeting started at 10.35 a.m. with an introductory speech by Albert Ganado who thanked the audience present for accepting his invitation to lay the […]