On a day like today, back in 1794, the so-called "Malaspina Expedition", named after its leader Alejandro Malaspina, returned to Cadiz after having travelled the southeast coast of South America, the entire west coast of America and different regions of Asia and Oceania. 
The expedition was financed by Charles III with the objective of promoting science, copying what the English and French monarchs were doing at the time. Its other objective was to learn more about the Crown's overseas territories. #RespectHispanicHeritage
One of the most curious episodes of the expedition is how they changed course to investigate Alaska. Midway through the voyage, Malaspina received orders to investigate a supposed passage between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in North America. #RespectHispanicHeritage
They found no passage, but the expedition made excellent anthropological accounts of the natives who inhabited the area, as they had done with each region they passed through. #RespectHispanicHeritage
In memory of their passage through Alaska, today there is a huge glacier named Malaspina in honor of this great expedition. #RespectHispanicHeritage
If you want to know more about Alejandro Malaspina and his expedition, feel free to read this post:
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