A History of the Knights of Malta —— Or the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

----- 马耳他骑士团的历史

ISBN: 9781330743409 出版年：2016 页码：537 Whitworth Porter Forgotten Books

The number of those who have thus been thrown into direct contact with the island has, however, received its greatest and most important accession from the late Russian war. Situated half way between Gibraltar and Constantinople, Malta naturally became a central depot.