On the the 13th of March, the expedition headed by Alejandro Malaspina arrived at the Sorsogon harbor aboard the Atrevida. Providing the Spanish Crown with scientific illustration and reder stereoscopic images of the colonial landscape, Malaspina wrote “El Puerto de Sorsogones, sin dudaalguna. El mas hermosque hoya formado lanaturaleza.” translating to “The harbor of Sorsogon, is without doubt, the mist beautiful which nature has shaped.”
