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The big prize was gold, particularly in South America, so for a while Madrid regarded the Caribbean chain as “islands of Peru” where the galleons could stop for fresh water.
Another attraction for members of the wet set is being able to investigate shipwrecks on the ocean bottom — well over 100 vessels are known to have sunk hereabouts since the days of the Spanish galleons.
The town and port saw little action during colonial days and it slumbered quietly, hosting a few lost galleons and pirate ships that happened to stop for repairs or supplies.
In 1579 England’s Francis Drake, during the round-the-world trip that earned him his knighthood, took a break from harrying Spanish treasure galleons and stopped for repairs at Point Reyes (Drake’s Bay, just north of San Francisco).
The nearby El Tesoro (the Treasure) beach is also the subject of local lore — many believe this beach still may hold buried treasure from Spanish galleons, whose crews used the harbor during the 16th century.