Alcala Point

Alcala Point (49˚00'00" 123˚35'00" W side of Galiano I near N end, Gulf Is). Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano (1760–1805), from Córdoba, was a Spanish naval officer and experienced cartographer who was a member of Alejandro Malaspina’s 1789–94 round-the-world voyage (though he did not go to Alaska and Nootka Sd with Malaspina in 1791). He had studied under Vicente Tofiño, Spain’s legendary chief hydrographer, and also participated in Antonio de Córdoba’s journey to survey the Str of...

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