 The name Melata is mentioned in 1073, 1151, 1195, 1381, etc.Zapuntel was first mentioned in 1450 as the port of Sanpontello, and Brgulje was first mentioned in 1527 when the first Venetian census was made.The island was donated by Count Desa in 1151 to the monastery of St. Krševan from Zadar.