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<h5 class="style8"> <strong>Welcome to the website of the Alexandro Malaspina
Research Centre at Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina University College) in Nanaimo, located on the
east coast of Vancouver Island in British <strong></strong>Columbia, Canada<strong><strong><strong><img src="images/GALVANPA.JPG" width="249" height="373" align="right"></strong></strong></strong>.
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</strong>The website is primarily a resource for research about and interest
in the life and work of the 18th-century Italian navigator and writer who,
as an officer of the Spanish Navy, led a five-year scientific and political
expedition to the Pacific. <br>
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The Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre, affiliated with the Liberal Studies
Department, is dedicated to developing English-language resources
for the promotion of interdisciplinary research into navigation in the 18th
century. The Centre supports international collaboration between scholars
and enthusiasts with like interests. <br>
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Please contact us for further information, or to join the worldwide network
of Malaspinistas. </h5>
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