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Wreckage from the legendary 17th-century Spanish galleon that inspired 'The Goonies' is FOUND off the coast of Oregon after the ship veered off course and vanished en route to Mexico over 300 years ago
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 17, 2022 | Fiona Jackson

Posted on 06/17/2022 8:43:13 AM PDT by C19fan

The race is on for One-Eyed Willy's treasure, as part of the shipwreck of the boat that inspired 'The Goonies' has been found. Marine archaeologists have recovered timbers from the hull of the 17th-century Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos in sea caves in Oregon, USA.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ageofsail; archaeology; china; galleon; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; mexico; oregon; santocristodeburgos; shipwreck; silver; spain
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Exactly. People sailing to Hawaii follow that exact route today.


21 posted on 06/17/2022 10:54:59 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Monkey Face

The only thing I remember was the cheerleader.


22 posted on 06/17/2022 10:59:47 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: Migraine

Groan.

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23 posted on 06/17/2022 11:04:56 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“I would say the Manila Galleon was probably on the correct course for home when it sank.”

The normal trade route coming back from Manila was supposed to hit the north American coast south of the point they found the timbers probably closer to what is now San Francisco Bay. So they came out north of the normal trek and we still don’t know where the ship is actually located as they discovered just timbers and not the real ship.

And with the Alaskan Current flowing south by the Oregon coast, it is unlikely the actual ship wreck was west or south of the Oregon caves they found the timbers in. Good chance it is further north like off the Washington coast. So they missed the regular trade route by a good distance, about 650 miles north at a minimum.

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24 posted on 06/17/2022 11:05:03 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: C19fan
One-eyed Willie!


25 posted on 06/17/2022 11:13:41 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: lefty-lie-spy

You ever read MANILA GALLEON by F. van Wick Mason? I read it 60 years ago.


26 posted on 06/17/2022 11:16:30 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
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To: C19fan

Don’t take One Eye’d Willie’s special treasure. Bad things will happen.


27 posted on 06/17/2022 11:35:04 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: C19fan
The silver was used to purchase Chinese goods especially porcelain and silk.

So I think they made it to China, probably bought porcelain, silk and a cheap Chinese compass that broke resulting in the ship wreck.

28 posted on 06/17/2022 11:39:13 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: C19fan

The French captured a Spanish galleon loaded with gold, silver, & jewels. They brought it up the St. Lawence River toward Quebec but it sank in a stom before it got there. It is still there somewere.


29 posted on 06/17/2022 11:51:53 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (t)
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To: C19fan

That was a big veer.


30 posted on 06/17/2022 12:56:38 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("Saints are sinners who never gave up." St. Theresa of Avila)
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To: DesertRhino

Most of the silver would have come from Potosi in modern day Bolivia. The silver would have been transported to Lima then shipped to Acapulco.


31 posted on 06/17/2022 2:03:59 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Acapulco to Manilla via Anchorage is a heck of a detour.


32 posted on 06/17/2022 2:05:26 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Joe Biden is the dementia riddled, no-filter grifter he's always been - just now, we get to see it.)
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To: Lurker

wrecked off the Oregon coast
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BLM to get big donation soon.


33 posted on 06/17/2022 4:35:56 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: robowombat

Spain had a complex web of regulations and tax laws applied to different parts of its vast empire in the New World and the Old. Trade with the New World vice royalties was very tightly controlled and heavily taxed.
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So China owns the South China Sea and Spain owns Spanish Fly?


34 posted on 06/17/2022 4:38:22 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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35 posted on 06/18/2022 9:05:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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