![]() ![]() ![]() Thought by several researchers to be the wreck of the galleon San Francisco Xavier of 1705, geoarchaeological research and the historically documented occurrence of wreck debris suggest the wreck is most likely the remains of the galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos which sailed from the Philippines on Jand disappeared. Artifact analysis and archival research indicate the Beeswax Wreck was an Acapulco-bound galleon that wrecked near Nehalem Bay prior to AD 1700. This paper summarizes the historical and archaeological data supporting the identification of the Beeswax Wreck as an eastbound Manila galleon lost between 16, and specifically as the Santo Cristo de Burgos lost in 1693. ![]() The “Beeswax Wreck” is the name historically given to a 17th century source of marked beeswax blocks and candles found along beaches of the north Oregon coast, and particularly the sand spit at Nehalem. ![]()
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