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The name of California and its ruler Queen Calafia originate in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a 1510 Spanish chivalric epic written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.. The name of California has its origin in the Spanish epic Las sergas de Esplandián ("The Adventures of Esplandián"), written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. [17]
When Laura Pantoja immigrated to Santa Ana from Mexico City in the early 1990s, she could choose from about a dozen local newspapers in her native language.
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California's Asian population is estimated at 6.0 million, approximately 15.% of the nation's estimated 39.9 million Asian Americans. California's Native American population of 156,085 is the 4th-largest of any state, behind Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. [32]
The Spanish established a presidio (fort) and Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769, marking the foundation of the city. [5] Over the following decades, more missions were established throughout California, including the nearby Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
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The Founding of Spanish California: The Northwestward Expansion of New Spain, 1687–1783. New York: Macmillan. Chapman, Charles E. (1921). A History of California: The Spanish Period. New York: Macmillan. Forbes, Alexander (1919) [1839]. California: A History of Upper and Lower California from Their First Discovery to the Present Time. San ...