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Lost for centuries, the Beeswax Wreck is a legendary shipwreck off the Oregon coast, believed to be the Santo Cristo de Burgos. With its cargo of beeswax and porcelain still washing ashore, the wreck’s mysterious fate continues to captivate historians, treasure hunters, and storytellers alike.

Sources:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeswax_wreck

https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/oregon-attractions/museums/the-unsolved-mystery-of-oregons-beeswax-wreck/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/beeswax_shipwreck/

https://numa.net/2023/01/oregons-beeswax-wreck-is-a-spanish-galleon/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-timbers-from-17th-century-spanish-shipwreck-discovered-off-oregon-coast-180980290/

https://www.beachconnection.net/news/cbshipw101418_509.php

https://allthatsinteresting.com/beeswax-shipwreck

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/18/north-oregon-coast-timbers-found-from-shipwreck-spanish-galleon/