A certificate confirming:

On Thursday, April 5th, 2018, a certificate corroborating the entry of the Camocio maps of the Great Siege of Malta in the Memory of the World Register by UNESCO was solemnly handed over. The event took place in the Nostic Palace in Prague and was attended by the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic Ilja Šmíd, who handed the certificate over to the Dean of the Faculty of Science of the Charles University prof. RNDr. Jiří Zima, CSc. The Director of the Map Collection and Head of the Geographical Library of the Faculty of Science PhDr. Mgr. Eva Novotná, along with Maltese colleagues who participated in the preparation of the nomination, were present as well. In conjunction with the event, the Map Collection was visited by a Maltese delegation headed by Bernadine Scicluna and Joseph Schiro. |
Minister of Culture Ilja Šmíd, Director of the Map Collection PhDr. Mgr. Eva Novotná and Maltese representatives Bernadine Scicluna and Joseph Schiro with the certificate of entry of the Camocio maps in the Memory of the World Register
Photo: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Minister of Culture Ilja Šmíd, Director of the Map Collection PhDr. Mgr. Eva Novotná and Dean of the Faculty of Science prof. RNDr. Jiří Zima, CSc. posing with the certificate confirming the entry of the Camocio maps in the Memory of the World Register
Photo: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Certificate of entry of the Camocio maps in the Memory of the World Register
Photo: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Competition for registration to UNESCO
Director of the Map Collection PhDr. Eva Novotná made an effort to register unique map of F. Camocio to UNESCO heritage since 2014, when the map was found in the Map Collection. Director of the collection together with Mgr. Mirka Tröglová Sejtková prepared forms and registration sheet during 2014. Also many talks with Malta were held. In National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta are three another version of the map. Result of all talks was submitting the application to register 4 unique maps in UNESCO International Memory of the World Register in 2016.
Exhibition in Prague: 30 June - 31 August 2016
Successful exhibition from Malta was translated into Czech and presented to a Czech public. The inauguration took place on Thursday 30th June with the paticipation of Bernadine Scicluna, curator of National Museum of Fine Arts. More information about czech version is available HERE.
Exhibition is available for institutions to be borrowed.
Exhibition in Valletta: 29 January - 22 May 2016
Dr. Bernadine Scicluna, curator of National Museum of Fine Arts, and PhDr. Eva Novotná, director of the Map Collection of Charles University, prepared exhibition named Siege Maps. The exhibition presents unique four maps and more information is available HERE.
Exhibition in Gozo: 10 June - 17 July 2016
Exhibition from Valetta was presented also in Heart of Gozo Museum. It was inaugurated on Friday 10th June, photos and more information is available HERE.
Digital animation of the battle
Student of Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography Jakub Báča under the guidance of the supervisor Ing. Miroslav Čábelka created animation of the battle by four maps on the occasion of the exhibition. The presentation is availavle HERE.

By Jakub Báča
Map of F. Camocio
Mr. Joseph Schiro, Honorary Secretary Malta Map Society found unique map of F. Camocio of 1565 in the Map Collection of Charles University in 2013 thanks to catalogization, digitalization and access of the collection. He immediately came to Prague, examined the second state of the Camocio map of the Great Siege of Malta and confirm that the map is a genuine and that the copy at Charles University is the only preserved examplar known to exist in European and American collections. The confirmation is available HERE.
The letter for support the application wrote also Tony Campbell, former Map Librarian at the British Library. It is available HERE.
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