In 19 th century, republican authorities had to recur to the information recompiled by the scientific expeditions of the Illustration and especially that of Malaspina to complete the lack of up to date information in geographical matters, to solve territorial disputes with neighboring countries and to start new explorations aimed to know the exact characteristics of regions recently joined to national sovereignty. The research done by members of the Malaspina Expedition (1789-1794) during their stay in Chile was not only useful in that same period, but also in post-colonial era. Translation from Historia (Santiago), Santiago, v.2 n.38, p.287-326, Dec. Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile. La proyección nacional de una empresa imperial: la expedición malaspina (1789-1794) en Chile republicano The national influence of an imperial enterprise: the malaspina expedition (1789-1794) in republican Chile
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