A Map Displaying the Travels of Captains Galiano and Valdes
EXPLORERS: Captain Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (1762-1805) and Captain Cayetano Valdés y Flores (1762-1835)
FROM: Spain
IMPORTANT DATES: embarked with Malaspina for South America in 1789; arrived in Acapulco in 1790; sailed from Acapulco and circumnavigated Vancouver Island in 1792
VOYAGE: sea
VESSELS: schooners Sutil and Mexicana
POTENTIAL PURPOSE: continuation of charting for the Malaspina expedition; search for Northwest Passage; establishment of Spanish interests in the northern Pacific
