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It was a sequel to Amadis of Gaul, where the name California potentially originated from a fictional land in the story.
And this is just sort of a setup of these books and a very kind of neat little factoid that lies within.
— Episode: Short Stuff: How California Got Its Name
Episode: Short Stuff: How California Got Its Name
It was a sequel to Amadis of Gaul, where the name California potentially originated from a fictional land in the story.
And this is just sort of a setup of these books and a very kind of neat little factoid that lies within.
Yeah, like these two books right here were like Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton all rolled together.
Like they were huge.
In the book, La Serga Este Esplendiente, that they mentioned that Queen Califia is from California.
Because in Lasergas de Esplandien, a lot of the action is the sacking of the town of Constantinople held then by the Turks, by a bunch of different countries and nations and armies sacking the city together as allies.