MAHS Meets Bi-Monthly - You're invited!
MAHS General Membership Meeting
Tuesday October 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm EST
Featured Event:
The Beeswax Wreck: A Spanish Galleon in Oregon
Scott Williams will present the latest results on research into the Spanish Manila galleon, "Santo Cristo de Burgos," which wrecked on the north Oregon
coast in 1693 after leaving the Philippines to sail to Acapulco with an inexperienced captain and pilot, and with
almost ten percent of its crew left behind as the captain slipped out of port to avoid posting bond for his previous
failed voyage. Either due to navigation error or perhaps storms, the galleon wrecked far north of the usual galleon
route and was lost to the Spanish, its fate a mystery until 2011.
Scott, former board member and past Executive Director of the Maritime Archaeological Society, headquartered in Astoria, Oregon, has led the Beeswax Wreck Research Project
since 2006, and will discuss how the galleon was identified, what physical remains have been found, the difficulties of working on a near-shore
wreck on the Oregon coast, and what the next steps will be for continuing research on the project.
After the presentation we will conduct MAHS organizational and business matters.
The meeting is open to all members and current Introductory Course students and will be conducted by Zoom technology. You will
receive a Zoom invitation and link on the day of the meeting. We look forward to seeing you then.
Steven Anthony
President
MAHS P.O. Box 44382, L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C 20026, (301) 419-8222
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