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California was the name of an imaginary realm is "Las sergas de Esplandian" translated as "Exploits of Espladan" a romance written by Garci Ordonez de Montalvo and published in 1510. It was said to have been influential among Spanish explorers of the New World. It's possible that it led them to misidentify Baja California as this land and mistake it for an island.

Where the writer came up with the name and what is means, if anything at all, is unknown.

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