Set the scene.
Giovanni Francesco Buonamico is remembered for Mejju ġie bil-ward u ż-żahar, an early Maltese poem. Yet poetry was only part of his work.
Here’s the twist.
The seventeenth-century doctor also studied botany, language and travel. A collection of his manuscripts enabled researchers from different disciplines to investigate these interests.
Why it still matters.
Sometimes one famous work hides a much wider career. Ask what else survives in an author’s notebooks: unfinished observations can reopen a familiar biography.
🧠 One to think about +
What does this story change about the way you see Malta today? Pick one detail you’d tell a friend — then check its source below.