Manila galleon
This distinction endorses the district's artefactual evidence as of one of the earliest instances of interaction between native people and European explorers on the west coast of the current United States of America. This distinction is based on two historical encounters: Sir Francis Drake's 1579 California landing and "Golden Hind" anchorage and Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeño's landing and "San Agustin", his 1595 Manila galleon shipwreck.