Fresno-Tulare-Kern County CA Archives History - Books .....The Name "California" 1892
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Book Title: Memorial And Biographical History Of The Counties Of Fresno, Tulare, And Kern, California

THE NAME "CALIFORNIA."

  It was Ulloa who on this voyage applied the name of California to the
peninsula, the source of the christening being an old romance by Ordonez de
Montalvo, a great favorite among the Spanish, from 1510 to 1526, in which he
describes an "island of California on the right hand of the Indias very near the
Terrestrial Paradise,"peopled with black women, griffins and other creatures of
the author's imagination. While there is no historical proof of the application
of this name, the coincidence is so striking that authorities .generally agree
that the title "California" was derived from this source.


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Memorial and Biographical History
OF THE COUNTIES OF
Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California

Illustrated
Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Prospective Future: with Profuse Illustrations of its Beautiful Scenery,
Full-page Portraits of Some of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of
Many of its Pioneers, and also of Prominent Citizens of to-day.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants." -Macaulay.

CHICAGO:
The Lewis Publishing Company.
Undated, but OCLC lists a publication date of 1892

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