Les pêcheurs de perles and Don Quixote have the same origin?
Don Quixote Don Quixote ( or ] , fully titled The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha ] ), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, "Don Quixote" is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection that cites "Don Quixote" as the authors' choice for the "best literary work ever written".
Ricote (Don Quixote) Ricote is a fictional character who is referred to in Miguel de Cervantes' novel "Don Quixote". He was a wealthy ("" meaning "rich" in Spanish) Morisco shopkeeper and old friend of Sancho Panza, who was banned from Spain in 1609 like all Moriscos. The expulsion of the Moriscos was a highly topical issue at the time when "Don Quixote" was written - occurring in between the publication of the first part (1605) and the second one (1615).