Category: History - Other
Geographical Position of Malta.--A Pivotal Location.--Warden of the Great Inland Sea.--First Sight of the Group.--How to reach the Island.--Early Inhabitants.--Language of the People.--Phoenician Colonists.--Arabian Dynasty.--A Piratical Rendezvous.--Suez Canal.--Two Sorts of...
Ancient Catacombs.--A Subterranean City.--Phoenician Tombs. --Grotto of St. Paul.--A Crumbling Old Capital.--Dreary and Deserted.--Bingemma Hills.--Ancient Coins and Antique Ute...
20. CHAPTER III.The Maltese Group.--Comino.--Cave Life.--Verdant Gozo.--Isle of Filfla.--Curious Lizards.--Loss of an Ironclad.--Mysterious Wheel-Tracks.--Earthquakes.--Population.--Military De...
32. CHAPTER XV.Settlement of the Order at Malta.--A Barren Waste.--A New Era for the Natives.--Foundling Hospitals.--Grand Master La Vallette.--Sailors and Soldiers.--Capture of Prisoners at M...
25. CHAPTER VIII.Valletta, Capital of Malta.--A Unique City.--Bright Faces, Flowers, and Sunshine.--Architecture.--L'Isle Adam and La Vallette, Grand Masters.--Mount Sceberris.--Stone Dwelling-...
21. CHAPTER IV.The Soil of Malta.--Imports and Exports.--Absence of Trees.--Equable Climate.--Three Crops Annually.--Use of Fertilizers.--Ignorant and Pious Peasantry.--Food of the People.--Ma...
27. CHAPTER X.Broadway of Valletta.--Panoramic Street View.--A Bogus Nobility.--Former Grand Palace of the Knights.--Telegraphic Station.--About Soldier-Priests.--Interior of the Palace. --An...
28. CHAPTER XI.The Famous Church of St. John.--By What Means it was Decorated.--Grand Mosaic Floor.--Roman Catholic Ceremonials. --Remarkable Relics.--Chapels of the Languages.--A Devout Artis...
18. CHAPTER I.Geographical Position of Malta.--A Pivotal Location.--Warden of the Great Inland Sea.--First Sight of the Group.--How to reach the Island.--Early Inhabitants.--Language of the P...
31. CHAPTER XIV.The Chivalric Order of St. John.--Humble Beginning of the Organization.--Hospitallers.--Days of the Crusades.--Motto of the Brotherhood.--Peter Gerard.--The Monk lost in the Sol...
19. CHAPTER II.Island of Hyperia.--Where St. Paul was Wrecked.--An Historical Bay.--Rock-Cut Tombs.--Curious and Unique Antiquities.--Sovereignty of the Knights of St. John.--An Anomalous Brot...
26. CHAPTER IX.Ophthalmia.--Profusion of Flowers.--Inland Villages.-- Educational Matters.--Public Amusements.--Maltese Carnival. --Italian Carnival.--Under English Rule.--No Direct Taxation.-...
29. CHAPTER XII.Public Library of Malta.--British Museum, London.--City Circulating Library.--Museum of Valletta.--Interesting Curiosities.--Birthplace of Hannibal.--Pawnbroker's Establishment....
33. CHAPTER XVI.Result of the Siege.--Native Women serving as Soldiers.--The Maltese Militia.--The Knights gain World-Wide Applause.-- Rage of Sultan Solyman.--Agents of the Grand Master become...
22. CHAPTER V.The Climate of Malta.--The Furious Gregale.--Liability to Sunstroke.--The African Sirocco.--Cloudless Days.--A Health Resort.--English Church.--View of Etna.--Volcanic Disturban...
24. CHAPTER VII.A Maltese Fishing Hamlet.--Old Fort Chambray.--A Grotto shorn of Poetic Adornment.--The "Azure Window."--Bay of Scilendi.--Pirates' Caves.--Prehistoric Bones and Skeletons.--The...
23. CHAPTER VI.Homer's Fabled Siren.--Singular Topographical Formation in Gozo.--Beautiful Island Groves.--Fertile Grain-Fields.-- Flowering Hedges.--Aromatic Honey.--Herds of Goats.--A Favori...
34. CHAPTER XVII.Conclusion.--A Picture of Sunrise at Malta.--The Upper Baracca of Valletta.--A Favorite and Sightly Promenade. --Retrospective Flight of Fancy.--Conflict between the Soldiers of...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Valletta, Capital of Malta.--A Unique City.--Bright Faces, Flowers, and Sunshine.--Architecture.--L'Isle Adam and La Vallette, Grand Masters.--Mount Sceberris.--Stone Dwelling-H...
14. CHAPTER XIV.The Chivalric Order of St. John.--Humble Beginning of the Organization.--Hospitallers.--Days of the Crusades.--Motto of the Brotherhood.--Peter Gerard.--The Monk lost in the Sol...
15. CHAPTER XV.Settlement of the Order at Malta.--A Barren Waste.--A New Era for the Natives.--Foundling Hospitals.--Grand Master La Vallette.--Sailors and Soldiers.--Capture of Prisoners at M...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Result of the Siege.--Native Women serving as Soldiers.--The Maltese Militia.--The Knights gain World-Wide Applause.--Rage of Sultan Solyman.--Agents of the Grand Master become...
1. CHAPTER I.Geographical Position of Malta.--A Pivotal Location.--Warden of the Great Inland Sea.--First Sight of the Group.--How to reach the Island.--Early Inhabitants.--Language of the P...
10. CHAPTER X.Broadway of Valletta.--Panoramic Street View.--A Bogus Nobility. --Former Grand Palace of the Knights.--Telegraphic Station.-- About Soldier-Priests.--Interior of the Palace.--A...
7. CHAPTER VII.A Maltese Fishing Hamlet.--Old Fort Chambray.--A Grotto shorn of Poetic Adornment.--The "Azure Window."--Bay of Scilendi.-- Pirates' Caves.--Prehistoric Bones and Skeletons.--Th...
11. CHAPTER XI.The Famous Church of St. John.--By What Means it was Decorated. --Grand Mosaic Floor.--Roman Catholic Ceremonials.--Remarkable Relics.--Chapels of the Languages.--A Devout Artis...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Ancient Catacombs.--A Subterranean City.--Phoenician Tombs. --Grotto of St. Paul.--A Crumbling Old Capital.--Dreary and Deserted.--Bingemma Hills.--Ancient Coins and Antique Ute...
4. CHAPTER IV.The Soil of Malta.--Imports and Exports.--Absence of Trees. --Equable Climate.--Three Crops Annually.--Use of Fertilizers. --Ignorant and Pious Peasantry.--Food of the People.--...
12. CHAPTER XII.Public Library of Malta.--British Museum, London.--City Circulating Library.--Museum of Valletta.--Interesting Curiosities.--Birthplace of Hannibal.--Pawnbroker's Establishment....
2. CHAPTER II.Island of Hyperia.--Where St. Paul was Wrecked.--An Historical Bay.--Rock-Cut Tombs.--Curious and Unique Antiquities.--Sovereignty of the Knights of St. John.--An Anomalous Brot...
5. CHAPTER V.The Climate of Malta.--The Furious Gregale.--Liability to Sunstroke.--The African Sirocco.--Cloudless Days.--A Health Resort.--English Church.--View of AEtna.--Volcanic Disturba...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Conclusion.--A Picture of Sunrise at Malta.--The Upper Baracca of Valletta.--A Favorite and Sightly Promenade.--Retrospective Flight of Fancy.--Conflict between the Soldiers of...
6. CHAPTER VI.Homer's Fabled Siren.--Singular Topographical Formation in Gozo.--Beautiful Island Groves.--Fertile Grain-Fields.-- Flowering Hedges.--Aromatic Honey.--Herds of Goats.--A Favori...
3. CHAPTER III.The Maltese Group.--Comino.--Cave Life.--Verdant Gozo.--Isle of Filfla.--Curious Lizards.--Loss of an Ironclad.--Mysterious Wheel-Tracks.--Earthquakes.--Population.--Military De...
9. CHAPTER IX.Ophthalmia.--Profusion of Flowers.--Inland Villages.--Educational Matters.--Public Amusements.--Maltese Carnival.--Italian Carnival. --Under English Rule.--No Direct Taxation.--...