Marin County Treasure Map

Marin County California treasure-history records: shipwrecks, artifact hotspots, source links, land-status warnings, field notes, and interactive map.

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6 Marin County Records

Wreck of the San Agustin shipwreck · Marin County, submerged within Drakes Bay along the Point Reyes National Seashore. · Medium probability
In November 1595, the Spanish galleon San Agustin, commanded by Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno and laden with a valuable cargo of Chinese silks, spices, and Ming Dynasty porcelain, was sailing from Manila to Acapulco when.
Wreck of the Samoa shipwreck · Marin County, located approximately 600 yards south of the Chimney Rock Lifeboat Station along the rugged cliffs of Point Reyes. · Low probability
On January 28, 1913, the steam schooner Samoa was en route from Eureka to San Francisco with a heavy cargo of redwood lumber when she became disoriented in a blinding fog off the Marin Coast. The vessel ran violently.
Wreck of the Richfield shipwreck · Marin County, on a submerged reef approximately 500 yards off Chimney Rock at Point Reyes. · Low probability
On May 8, 1930, the oil tanker Richfield, the proud flagship of the Richfield Oil Company fleet, was navigating through a dense fog and battling strong northwest winds off the Point Reyes Peninsula while carrying.
Site of New Albion at Drake's Cove artifact hotspot · Drake's Cove and Drakes Estero area, Point Reyes peninsula, Marin County · Medium probability
Drake's Cove at Point Reyes is the officially recognized Site of New Albion, where Francis Drake's expedition landed in 1579, repaired the Golden Hind, met Coast Miwok people, and reportedly erected the original brass.
San Agustín Shipwreck Site shipwreck · Drakes Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County · High probability
Sebastián Rodríguez Cermeño's Manila galleon San Agustín wrecked in Drakes Bay in 1595 and is treated by the National Park Service as the first recorded shipwreck in California history. Accounts describe the vessel.
SS Tennessee Shipwreck Site shipwreck · Tennessee Cove, Marin Headlands, Marin County · High probability
In 1853, the side-wheel passenger steamship carrying 600 passengers and a valuable cargo of mail and gold ran aground in dense fog. All passengers were rescued, but the ship broke apart in the surf. Today, the ship's.