Celebration of International Archaeology Day (IAD). William J. Roberts Lecture: The Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, Oregon’s Beeswax Wreck
Whitman College, Olin Hall 129 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, United StatesLecturer: Scott Williams, Maritime Archaeological Society The Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos left the Philippine Islands for the Port of Acapulco in New Spain (Mexico) in July 1693, loaded with Asian luxury goods of silk, fine cottons, porcelain, spices, art- and beeswax, in large blocks and candles. The ship, undermanned and with an inexperienced […]