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San Agustin, 1594

San Agustin, 1594

Filipe Castro

A Manila galleon built in the Philippines in 1594 and wrecked at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. It was probably found in 1982 by the National Park Service, but never excavated. The site where the ship remains may lie is still unknown, but porcelain shards have been found int the area.

 0071.01 Fig01 Porcelain

Figure 1. Porcelain shards from the Point Reyes area (Park Service).

 

Bibliography

Aker, R. The Cermeno Expedition at Drakes Bay, 1595, Palo Alto, California, 1965.

Delgado, James P. Encyclopedia of Underwater and maritime Archaeology, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1997 :358.