Guglielmo Lorenzi Kontra Kull Sfida fis-Sena 1783

Liam Gauci has studied history at the University of Malta. His undergraduate dissertation focused on food on board eighteenth-century Maltese galleys. In 2011 he finished an MA in history with a thesis entitled ‘The organisation and activities of the Maltese corsairs between 1775 and 1798’. He has been the curator of the Malta Maritime Museum since 2007. His current research focuses on the Maltese corso in the latter quarter of the eighteenth century and its impact on Maltese society.

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