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Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District

16th-century Spanish shipwrecks off the Texas Gulf Coast

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The Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District is an 18.31-acre (74,100 m2) area located near the city of Port Mansfield, Texas, United States, in the waters off Kenedy County and Willacy County, Texas. Located offshore in the Gulf of Mexico near the Port Mansfield Cut, the underwater archaeological site is the location of the Mansfield Cut Wrecks and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Fleet departure from San Juan de Ulúa

April 9, 1554

Ships run aground off Texas

April 29, 1554

Salvage in summer 1554

Summer 1554

Anchor found during dredging

late 1950s

Espíritu Santo discovery

1966

Private salvage and legal case

1967

Antiquities Code of Texas enacted

1969

San Esteban located by survey

early 1970s

Listing on National Register of Historic Places

1974

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United States

Coordinates

26.57° N, -97.25° E