I live on the beautiful island of St.Croix and it is 84 sq. miles big
It covers a land area of 620 km2.
You can get there by boat or plane.
in 1530 Charles V ('Holy Roman Emperor') gave Malta to the Knights of St. John. The Knights left in 1798 after Malta was attacked by Napoleon.
The "Big island" is Hawaii, the largest island of the Hawaiian islands, sometimes designated as Hawai'i to indicate the island, and not the entire state.