Legacy
Malaspina University-College in the Canadian city of Nanaimo, British Columbia takes its name indirectly from the explorer (although this name has been recently changed to Vancouver Island University), by way of Malaspina Strait, between Texada Island and the mainland, and the Malaspina Peninsula and adjoining Malaspina Inlet nearby, which are the location of Malaspina Provincial Park and are part of the Sunshine Coast region.
There is also a Malaspina Peak and Malaspina Lake near Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island, just southeast of the town of Gold River; and the well-known Malaspina Glacier in southern Alaska.
In New Zealand, Malaspina Reach of Doubtful Sound in Fiordland, explored by him in 1793, has his name.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)