Epitome of the History of Malta and Gozo (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Epitome of the History of Malta and Gozo French army) appeared in Paris a pamphlet, iinder the title of Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur Malte. The historical parts are extracted from-ciantar; and the editor (who has concealed his name) through his amor patriae has favoured his countrymen with a chapter, on the Advantages which might re sult to France from her Conquest. This chapter I haveinserted, to give the Reader an idea of the resources it would have offered to the French republic.-the security and convenience of its ports might have protected a strong squadron to secure their Levant trade: The Maltese brave, active, and hardy, would have served on hoard their fleets. An immense hospital offered an asylum to their sick mariners; and an arsenal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.