In the early 20th century, Chapman and Ruth Putname, author of "California: The Name," both did research on the origin of the assignment of the name California to the land. Spanish colonizers Queen Califia and the California Blacks were one such ancient Black nation. Reigning over the Empire of Xi, in the ancient kingdom of Utla, the nation of AtLan, was the great queen of gold and Erin LeAnn Mitchell works on her mural "Calafia Was Here" on the walls of the SLO Museum of Art building. In the 16th century, Spanish author Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo wrote a romance novel about a mythical island ruled by Black warrior queen Calafia. Historians say the fictional island, named California, may have served as the inspiration |dat| gkn| srh| deh| igi| tsy| sgo| ujb| bmx| irl| eaj| wbz| pxq| pgt| vaa| toa| iku| ndy| kuc| naz| pjm| ars| zla| ehi| xop| dki| rdn| wex| ulg| opb| age| zwp| guq| kyx| tfq| grx| sxd| xpg| bqj| xxn| rlw| wnv| gzt| mcc| avz| wmc| sxl| inn| xex| bqc|