Importation from Alexandria
- When
- March 1813
- Where
- Malta, with Valletta as the allowed locality
The plague was imported to Malta from Alexandria on board the brigantine San Nicola in late March 1813, with two further infected ships arriving on 28 March.
The San Nicola, a Maltese brigantine flying the British flag, left Alexandria on 17 March 1813, and two of its crew members became sick a week after the vessel left port. The disease was imported to Malta from Alexandria on board this ship in late March 1813. Two other ships arriving from Alexandria on 28 March, the British brigantine Nancy and the Spanish polacca Bella Maria, also had cases of the plague on board; the 28 March date is attested for these arrivals, not for the San Nicola itself.
Sources
- 1813–1814 Malta plague epidemic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-18
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