Gentleman Sailer - Adventurer
Pratt infuses his hero's adventures with an incredible array or cultures, languages, geography, historical events, as well as mysthical and esoteric interest. This creates a genre particulary his own.
His adventures have since been translated into numerous languages and have rather fittingly themselves traveled the world.
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Son Of A British Sailor And A Gypsy
Born July 10, 1877, in Malta.The son of a British sailor and a gypsy Andalusian prostitute, Corto Maltese sails the seas of the early 1900's, adventurer always, treasure hunter on occasion. Whatever the danger or situation, he has a heart of gold and favors the underdog.
Legend has it as a teenager a palm reader told him he had no fate line. The young boy rushed home, grabbed a knife and cut his own line, thus making and choosing his own fate.
By sea of by land, Corto is always on the move. Join him on an adventure or two -you will not regret it.
The Early Years
Where our hero first appears. It's 1905.
Corto Maltese the Early Years (Corto Maltese)
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Corto Maltese. La Jeunesse
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The Early Years album cover
Amazon is not offering a cover image for this album, so I scanned mine here to help you recognize it when you see it, though the current cover is probably different.This particular edition was published by NBM Publishing in 1988 and is out of print. Keep an eye out at Comic Conventions and eBay auctions...
This is the only color album in my collection, one of the reasons I particularly like it. The watercolors are a nice compliment to Pratt's drawing style.
Published:
1981 (French) La Jeunesse; colour 1985
1983 colour (Italian) La giovinezza
(English) The Early Years
Jack London
Jack London as a young reporter and Corto's traveling companionin The Early Years.
Some other famous Corto encounters are:
Ernest Hemingway, Butch Cassidy, and Herman Hesse.
The Ballad Of The Salt Sea
1913-1915 in the Pacific
Ballad of the Salt Sea (A Corto Maltese adventure / Hugo Pratt)
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Corto Maltese : La Ballade de la mer salée
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Published as 5 separate episodes
1969 b&w (Italian) Una ballata del mare salato; colour 1991
b&w (English) The Ballad of the Salt Sea
Suite Caraibéenne
It's 1916 - 1917 in the Caribbeans
Corto Maltese : Suite caraïbéenne
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1971 b&w (French) Sous le sign du capricorne
- 1990 colour edition as episode 1-3, Suite Caraibéenne
- 1991 colour editios as episode 4-6, Sous le drapeau des pirates
b&w (English) Various episodes available as separate editions
Let Corto Show You Venise
Walking around Venice with Corto Maltese
Following Corto Maltese a walk through Venice from the Arsenale to its hidden corti and secret squares to discover an unknown and mysterious Venice Direction and shooting: Lorenzo Scurati - Film and videomaker, camera operator Subject and supervision: Marco Scurati Production assistant: Roberta Nalesso
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The Celts
It's 1917 in Ireland and Great Britain
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Sorry, there are no results available from Amazon.1971 b&w (French) Les Celtiques
b&w (English) The Celts
Corto Maltese In Africa
It's 1918 in -where else- Africa
Corto Maltese in Africa (Corto Maltese Series, No 5)
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Corto Maltese : Les Ethiopiques
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1972 b&w (French) Les Ethiopiques
b&w (English) Corto Maltese in Africa
Corto Maltese in Siberia
It's 1918-1920
Corto Maltese in Siberia (Color Edition - French Text)
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Corto Maltese en Siberie (Les Romans A suivre) (French Edition)
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1974 b&w (Italian) Corto sconta detta Arcana
1975 b&w (French) Corto Maltese en Sibérie
b&w (English) Corto Maltese in Siberia
Links Worth Checking Out
- Corto Images
- This is an incredible site. Lots of pictures, both black and white and color. Recommended.
- Bibliography of albums
- This site gives you the run down of Corto albums with historical context and summary.
- The Ballad of Corto Maltese; An Approach to the Character
- Academic essay.
Go On Your Own Sailing Adventure...
... and remember to be safe
The Fables of Venice
It's 1921
Corto Maltese : Fable de Venise
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1977 b&w (French) Fables de Venice; colour 1984
1977 b&w (Italian) Favola di Venezia; colour 1984
b&w (English) Fables of Venice
The Golden House of Samarkan
It's 1921-1922 in Turkey and Qurdistan
Corto Maltese : La maison dorée de Samarkand
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1980 b&w (French) La maison dorée de Samarkand; colour 1992
1980 b&w (Italian) La Casa Dorata di Samarcanda; colour 1992
b&w (English) The Golden House of Samarkand
Tango
It's 1923 in Argentine
Corto Maltese - Tango (with music CD) (Corto Maltese)
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Corto Maltese : Tango
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1985 b&w (Italian) Tango... y todo a media luz
other languages published under Tango
The Secret Rose
It's 1924
Corto Maltese: Les helvetiques (French Edition)
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1987 b&w (French) Les hélvétiques; colour 1987
1987 b&w (Italian) Rosa alchemica; colour 1987
b&w (English) The Secret Rose
1988-1989 b&w part 1 & 2 (Italian) Mu
1992 b&w and colour (French) Mu
not available in English
Hugo watercolor
Where In The World?
Corto Maltese has sailed around the world, traveling both by sea and land over most continents. Which of these have you visited yourself?
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Corto Images
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Other Corto Related Items
![The Adventures of Corto Maltese 7-DVD Set (La Cour Secrète des Arcanes / Sous le Signe du Capricorne / La Ballade de la Mer Salée / Les Celtiques / La maison Dorée de Samarkand / Têtes et Champignons / La Conga des Bananes / Concerto en O' Mineur / Le Coup de Grâce / D'autres Roméo & d'autres) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Krj6KcA9L._SL75_.jpg)
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