In a reminder to listen to local people, we've confirmed the location (although not exactly) of the so called Beeswax Shipwreck off the coast of Oregon.
The natives were selling the beeswax that washed ashore (honeybees had yet to be introduced to the U.S.) and when asked said it came from a shipwreck. (And was fair salvage).
We now know that the ship concerned was the Santo Cristo de Burgos and we have some of its hull timbers, but even with modern remote sensing gear we're having issues locating the wreck itself in difficult dive conditions.
But hey, maybe somebody's great great saw something and it got passed down...
Talk to people, ya know. It can give information!
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