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In contrast to Cook’s and La Pérouse’s explorations, the expedition undertaken by Alejandro Malaspina (1789–1794) has been described as an “imperial inspection”1 on account of its thorough inspection of the Spanish overseas territories. This included reports on their political and economic conditions, recommendations on how to improve their situation, and access to files, maps, and local informants, in addition to Malaspina’s position as commander “explorer-inspector.”
Research for this essay was supported by The John Carter Brown Library and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), which funded a short-term postdoctoral research fellowship from May to August 2012. The author would like to thank the John Carter Brown Library staff and colleagues for their carefully considered comments on his research.
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Figueroa, M.F. (2014). Contested Locations of Knowledge: The Malaspina Expedition along the Eastern Coast of Patagonia (1789). In: Kontler, L., Romano, A., Sebastiani, S., Török, B.Z. (eds) Negotiating Knowledge in Early Modern Empires. Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137484017_6
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