Dionisio Alcalá Galiano
Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (8 October 1760 – 21 October 1805) was a Spanish naval officer, cartographer, and explorer. He mapped various coastlines in Europe and the Americas with unprecedented accuracy using new technology such as chronometers. He commanded an expedition that explored and mapped the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia, and made the first European circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. He reached the rank of brigadier and died during the Battle of Trafalgar.He sometimes signed his full surname, Alcalá-Galiano, but often used just Galiano. The published journal of his 1792 voyage uses just the name Galiano, and this has become the name by which he is most known. Provided by Wikipedia
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Place a HoldRelacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el anõ de 1792para reconocer el estrecho de Fuca; con una introduccion en que se da noticia de las expediciones executadas anteriormente por los españoles en busca del paso del noroeste de la América De órden del reyBookby Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815
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Place a HoldThe voyage of Sutil and Mexicana 1792the last Spanish exploration of the northwest coast of AmericaBookPublished 1991
