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1693

Santo Cristo de Burgos a Spanish Galleon that sank near Nehalem, OR, USA. She wrecked on Nehalem Spit enroute from Manila, Philippines to Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico loaded with a cargo of beeswax. The existence of the wreck was recorded in native oral history, with descendants of survivors including Chief Kilchis. It was the earliest known shipwreck in the Pacific Northwest.