Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1810

"Alessandro Malaspina, conocido en España como Alejandro Malaspina (Mulazzo, 5 de noviembre de 1754 - Pontremoli, 9 de abril de 1809) fue un noble y marino italiano al servicio de España, brigadier de la Real Armada, célebre por protagonizar uno de los grandes viajes científicos de la era ilustrada, la llamada Expedición Malaspina (1788-94). Tras conspirar para derribar a Godoy, cayó en desgracia, lo que llevó al olvido de sus grandes logros."

"Alessandro Malaspina (November 5, 1754 - April 9, 1810) was an Italian 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". He signed his letters in Spanish "Alexandro", which is usually modernized to "Alejandro" by Spanish scholars."