Alejandro Malaspina
Alejandro Malaspina (November 5, 1754 – April 9, 1810) was a
Tuscan explorer who spent most of his life as a
Spanish naval officer. Under a Spanish
royal commission, he undertook a
voyage around the world from 1786 to 1788, then, from 1789 to 1794, a scientific expedition (the
Malaspina Expedition) throughout the
Pacific Ocean, exploring and mapping much of
the west coast of the Americas from
Cape Horn to the
Gulf of Alaska, crossing to
Guam and the
Philippines, and stopping in
New Zealand,
Australia, and
Tonga.
Malaspina was christened ''
Alessandro'', the Italian form of ''
Alexander''. He signed his letters in Spanish ''
Alexandro'', which is usually modernized to ''
Alejandro'' by scholars.
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