Wikipedia knows:
The name California is most commonly believed to have derived from a fictional paradise peopled by Black Amazons and ruled by a Queen Califia. The myth of Califia is recorded in a 1510 work The Exploits of Esplandian, written as a sequel to Amadís de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.[8][9][10] The kingdom of Queen Califia or Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a remote land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts and rich in gold.
Know ye that at the right hand of the Indies there is an island named California, very close to that part of the terrestrial Paradise, which was inhabited by black women, without a single man among them, and that they lived in the manner of Amazons. They were robust of body, with strong and passionate hearts and great virtues. The island itself is one of the wildest in the world on account of the bold and craggy rocks. Their weapons were all made of gold. The island everywhere abounds with gold and precious stones, and upon it no other metal was found.[11][verification needed]
Whoa! Griffins! Read on.
Previously:
Black women with passionate hearts, weapons of gold, stones..?
Men, that sound like Hunters Point!
at the treasure island festival, i was thinking of this story… treasure island sounds like a silly name for a real place, but i guess its not the first place to be named after an island from a fictional story.
I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great.
Cheers!
I do not know who you are but definitely you’re going to a famous blogger if you are not already
Hey there exceptional website! Does running a blog such as this require a great deal
of work? I’ve no knowledge of coding but I had been hoping to start my own blog in
the near future. Anyway, if you have any recommendations or tips for new blog owners
please share. I know this is off topic however I
simply needed to ask. Kudos!
Hi to all, the contents existing at this site are in fact remarkable
for people experience, well, keep up the nice work fellows.
Unquestionably believe that which you said. Your favorite reason seemed to be on the
internet the easiest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I certainly get irked while people
think about worries that they just don’t know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top as well as defined out the whole thing without having side effect , people can take a signal.
Will likely be back to get more. Thanks
For latest news you have to pay a quick visit web and on world-wide-web I found this web page as a most excellent web site for hottest updates.