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Alejandro Malaspina, a Common card
Brigadier Alejandro Malaspina was a Spanish Navy officer and explorer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,500
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Alejandro Malaspina quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alejandro Malaspina card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Malaspina, who was born in Italy, was christened Alessandro, the Italian form of ______.
Answer
Alexander. Malaspina, who was born in Italy, was christened Alessandro, the Italian form of Alexander. From the Alejandro Malaspina article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Felix Baumgartner. Felix Baumgartner 710,000 · European land exploration of Australia 9,400 · Alejandro Malaspina 4,500 · Fort Corcoran 1,800 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Under a Spanish royal commission, he undertook a voyage around the world from 1786 to 1788, then, from 1789 to 1794, a scientific expedition throughout the Pacific Ocean, exploring and mapping much of the west coast of the Americas from Cape Horn to the Gulf of Alaska, crossing to Guam and the Philippines, and stopping in New Zealand, Australia, and Tonga.
- Malaspina, who was born in Italy, was christened Alessandro, the Italian form of Alexander.
- He signed his letters in Spanish Alexandro, which is usually modernized to Alejandro by scholars.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alejandro Malaspina article was read about 4,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alejandro Malaspina (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
