The Underwater Search for the Remains of the Spanish Manila Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper covers the underwater remote sensing and diver search for the remains of the Spanish Manila galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, also known as the Beeswax Wreck, off the Oregon coast. The all-volunteer Maritime Archaeological Society has conducted a multiyear remote sensing survey and diving expeditions to search the area near the recently discovered ship timbers near Manzanita, Oregon. The paper describes the previously surveyed sectors and the remaining areas to be searched.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35643.0