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Title sheet of a&nbsp;set of fifteen numbered prints, including the title-sheet, showing the Great Siege of Malta between 18 May and 11 September 1565 by the Turks, commanded by Kara Mustafa Pasha (c.1500-7 August 1580), and defended by the Knights of the Order of St John under Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette (4 February 1495-21 August 1568), resulting in the abandonment of the siege by the Turks on the arrival of a Spanish fleet and army commanded by García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th&nbsp;Marquis of Villafranca (29 August 1514-31 May 1577).&nbsp;The Ottoman Empire (1500-1606): Conflicts in the Mediterranean (1532-1565). 
	 
	Formerly kept in a rough buff paper folder on which is written, in black pencil and red ink, the old heading and, in a later hand, in black pencil: a-p.

The Siege of Malta, 1565 (Malta, independent political entity) 35&deg;55ʹ00ʺN 14&deg;26ʹ00ʺ. Plate I: title page with the figures of Virtue and Fortune

The Siege of Malta, 1565 (Malta, independent political entity) 35&deg;55ʹ00ʺN 14&deg;26ʹ00ʺ.Plate I: title page with the figures of Virtue and Fortune

Map of Mantua, 1701 (Mantova, Lombardy, Italy) 45?09'37"N 10?47'52"E

1701-2

Fighting centred on the Low Countries and the Rhine

Map of Brabant, 1703 (North Brabant, Netherlands; Flemish Brabant Province, Flanders, Belgium; Walloon Brabant Province, Walloon Region, Belgium)

1703

Campaigning focused on Germany, and the British capture of Gibraltar

Plan of Landau, 1704 (Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49&deg;11'54"N 08&deg;07'00"E

1704

Attempts to follow up success at Blenheim in Germany foundered

Map of Louvain, Vlierbeek, Bierbeek, Terbank and Bethlem, 1705 (Leuven, Flanders, Belgium) 50?52'46"N 04?42'03"E; (just west of Linden, Flanders, Belgium) 50?53'41"N 04?46'13"E; (Bierbeek, Flanders, Belgium 50?49'43"N 04?45'34"E); (Terbank, Flanders, Belg

1705

Action on the Iberian peninsular, as well as the Low Countries

Map of the siege of Barcelona, 1706 (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) 41?23'19"N 02?09'32"W

1706

Map of the Battle of Toulon, 1707 (Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d?Azur, France) 43?07'00"N 05?56'00"E

1707

Plan of the siege of Lille, 1708 (Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50?37'58"N 03?03'30"E

1708

The sieges of Tournai and Mons, and Battle of Malplaquet

Map of the siege of Tournai, 1709 (Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50?36'25"N 03?23'21"E

1709

Campaigns in northern France and the Low Countries

Map of Bouchain, Douai, Marciennes, St Amand and Valenciennes, 1711 (Bouchain, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50?17'06"N 03?18'53"E; (Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50?22'00"N 03?04'00"E; (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50?26'49"N 03?2

1710

Map of Arras, 1712 (Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50?17'34"N 02?46'54"E

1711-12

Map of the siege of Pizzighettone, 1733 (Pizzighettone, Lombardy, Italy) 45?11?20?N 09?47?23?E

1733

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