Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824–1905), Spanish realist author, writer and political figure
Afterwards, he was a member of the Spanish legations at Lisbon (1850), Rio de Janeiro (1851–53), Dresden and St. Petersburg (1854–57).
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J. D. Fitz-Gerald, "Juan Valera," in The Bookman, volume xxi (New York, 1905)
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Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (1760–1805), Spanish naval officer, cartographer, and explorer
From 25 September 1958 it was collected by Professor Dimas Femández-Galiano, assisted by a Dutch team from the University of Utrecht led by Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald.
The ship alternated duties with a similar vessel, HMCS Malaspina, named for Galiano's commander and associate.