From an old map: a part of Malta

[pne]

I have a page-a-day calendar I bought yesterday which has details from an old map for each day.

A couple of days ago, they had a part of Malta. I scanned it in and stuck it on Flickr:

On Flickr's image page, I tried to add notes with the modern-day place names that I could identify.

Can anyone make corrections or additions?

(Note that North is roughly at the bottom of that map tile.)

Comments

[wingflutter.livejournal.com]

ok so... most of the ones you've translated are correct:

Citta Vecchia was the name given to Mdina when Valletta became the capital. It literally translates to the Old City. Back then, Mdina was actually called Melita and then Medina, by the way.

S.Paolo - San Pawl (St Paul's Bay)
Saline - Salina (named after the salt pans)
Il Curadino - Corradin, which is actually not a town but an area now, mostly known for the prison!
C. de la Calcara - Kalkara
La Marza/Piccola - Now one town, Marsa

the rest that you gave question marks to are correct

I'm stilly trying to figure out 'Ferut', 'Artalsel', 'Scilia' (which sounds suspiciously like Sicilia - Sicily) and 'Gighiber' might be.

This is what my mum had to say on the matter:

i really cannot fathom what on earth they are. some old places which are non existant now. besides the map is not in the right position, so i get a bit disorientated each time i look at it. i don't think it is very accurate either cos san gwann, santa margherita and san andrea seem to be near bormla. i know there is a santa margherita in bormla but as far as i know all three are [in or near san gwann]. ma nafx

if i (or my mum) suddenly become enlightened, I'll be sure to let you know!

is there more to the map or was that the only part published?

[pne.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your comments! And yes, I found it difficult to match things up due to the unusual orientation as well.

As for "Gighiber", I now think the last vowel is an "i", and I presume that the "ghibir" could be "kbir" in modern Maltese orthography. And since it's right at the edge of the picture, perhaps there was more in front, so "[Hal-Something il-]kbir" or something like that, perhaps? No idea.

is there more to the map or was that the only part published?

That was the only bit on the "12/13 January" sheet. There are still over 300 to go so more Malta might show up later :) They don't seem to be in any particular order in the calendar.

There's definitely more on the original map since the caption said "The Island of Malta (detail)", i.e. it's only a section of the original map that was on the calendar leaf.

Oh, and I wonder whether "S.Paolo" is San Pawl il-Bahar - it looks too far inland, and is it really that close to Mosta? On the other hand, people back then didn't have aerial cartography so perhaps their distances were a bit off...