Legacy
Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins was largely based on Juana Maria's story. The novel's protagonist, Karana, endures many of the trials that Juana Maria must have faced while alone on San Nicolás. In the 1964 film version of the novel, Celia Kaye played Karana.
In 2012, a U.S. Navy archeologist reported finding a site that may have been Juana Maria's cave.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)