Created 15-Mar-15
Modified 5-Dec-18
The photos in this gallery were as a result of the very thoughtful and generous after hours tour provided by one of the participants in the building of the galleon, David Clark.
This galleon has been a labor of love for the many volunteers affiliated with San Diego's Maritime Museum and has been strongly supported by the City of San Diego and its Port Authority. The history of the galleon and its reconstruction has captured the imagination of the city, the State of California, Spain, and Native Americans. You will understand why if you have the time to read the plaques that have been captured in photographs.
The reconstruction site is easy for San Diego visitors to miss - although it's nestled in the trees at the west end of Spanish Landing Park - across from Harbor Island and along North Harbor Drive.
This galleon is a recreation of what historians and naval architects believe would have been used by the Spanish Conquistador, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, when he sailed up the uncharted Pacific Coast of North America and specifically, California in 1542. Cabrillo was looking for treasure and a passage to the Atlantic.
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