# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dionisio-alcala-galiano
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:01:50.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dionisio-alcala-galiano"
name: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
slug: "dionisio-alcala-galiano"
description: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano was a Spanish Navy 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."
tagline: "1760-1805 Spanish naval officer (1760–1805)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DionisioAlcal%C3%A1GalianoAn%C3%B3nimoSigloXIX.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1760-10-08"
deathDate: "1805-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.426676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Гальяно, Дионисио Алькала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
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    title: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
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    title: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
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    title: "دونیسیو آلکالا گالیانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio_Alcal%C3%A1_Galiano"
    title: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dionisio Alcalá Galiano"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump