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Rafael de Jesus Villavicencio was one of the first settlers in California. Rafael was a Soldier of the Guard and was part of the Alta California expedition in 1769 headed by Don Gaspar de Portola together with Blessed Junipero Serra who was in charge of the missionaries.
Chineses records speak of the explorer Hui Shan, who in 458 A.D. sailed the Pacific and may have reached the coast of California. Hui Shan noted tall trees with a red wood. 1510. The name California is first used in a romance novel published in Spain in 1510, Las Sergas de Esplandin, or Adventures of Esplandian. Its author was Garcia Ordoez de Montalvo, the translator of the Amadis de Gaul, and the Sergas is often referred to as the fifth book of the Amadis.