Eastern Pacific High Sea

Beyond the Californian coast, the California Current flows south across a broad expanse of the eastern Pacific. From the sixteenth century, ships returning from Asia approached this shore after the long passage across the ocean. The prominent headland of Point Reyes offered navigators a landmark on their way south, though the coast could also be hazardous: in 1595 the Manila galleon #italic San Agustín#! was wrecked at Drakes Bay.