Las sergas de Esplandián

''Las Sergas de Esplandián'' (''The Adventures of Esplandián'') is a novel written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The novel is a sequel to a popular fifteenth century set of chivalric romance novels, ''Amadís de Gaula''. The name of California originated in ''Las Sergas de Esplandián'', which featured the island of California ruled by its Queen Califia. Provided by Wikipedia