where did the state get it's name?
The name likely derived from the mythical island of California in the fictional story of Queen Calafia.
California
The name likely derived from the mythical island of California in the fictional story of Queen Calafia,
someone who went to california during the gold rush Forty-niners. when did it take place? 1848. who was the first person to discover it? James W. Marshall. how many took part in it? The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. what was it's impact? The human and environmental costs of the Gold Rush were substantial. Native Americans, dependent on traditional hunting, gathering and agriculture, became the victims of starvation and disease, as gravel, silt and toxic chemicals from prospecting operations killed fish and destroyed habitats. how did it effect the world economy? It stimulated economies around the world. where did the event take place? California, United States of America. how long did it last? UNANSWERABLE how was california effected by this? There was a boom in transportation-goods investment.
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California [SEP] Etymology
The Spaniards gave the name to the peninsula of Baja California and to Alta California, the region that became the present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. The name likely derived from the mythical island of California in the fictional story of Queen Calafia, as recorded in a 1510 work "The Adventures of Esplandián" by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. This work was the fifth in a popular Spanish chivalric romance series that began with "Amadis de Gaula". Queen Calafia's kingdom was said to be a remote land rich in gold and pearls, inhabited by beautiful black women who wore gold armor and lived like Amazons, as well as griffins and other strange beasts.