Albert Ganado

Albert Ganado MOM (9 March 1924 – November 2025) was a Maltese lawyer and historian. He was a president of the Malta Historical Society and the founder and president of the Malta Map Society. He released his memoirs in 2020. Some of his publications won awards in different categories of the National Book Prize by the National Book Council.

Ganado turned 100 on 9 March 2024, and died in November 2025, at the age of 101.

Honours Ganado was appointed a Member of the National Order of Merit (MOM) on 13 December 1998.

Selected publications Malta in British and French Caricature 1798 – 1815. Said International, 1989. (With Joseph C. Sammut) A Study in Depth of 143 Maps Representing the Great Siege of Malta of 1565. Publishers Enterprise Group, 1994. (With Maurice Agius-Vadala) Palace of the Grand Masters in Valletta. Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, 2001. Miniature Maps of Malta. Midsea Books, 2009. German Malta Maps. BDL Publishing, 2011. (With Joseph Schirò) The Brocktorff Mapmakers. BDL Publishing, 2012. (With Joseph Schirò & Claude Micallef Attard) Malta in World War II: Contemporary Watercolours by Alfred Gerada. Midsea Books.