How to Pronounce Dionisio Alcalá Galiano
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Oct 08, 1760 Cabra, Andalusia, Spain Died on 21 Oct 1805 (aged 45)
Spanish naval officer
LibraDionisio Alcalá Galiano - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About 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.
