La Punta de Los Muertos, also called Sailors, Dead Men's Point is a historical site in San Diego, California. La Punta de Los Muertos site is a California Historical Landmark No. 57, listed on December 6, 1932. The site is thought (site could be another place) to be the burial site of those that died in the survey party of Don Juan Pantoja y Arriaga and Don José Továr in 1782. [1] Don Juan Pantoja y Arriaga arrived at San Diego Bay on the Spanish Empire Royal frigate La Princesa. With La Princesa was the frigate La Favorita. The ships were under the command of Don Augustín de Echeverria or Esteban José Martínez. La Princesa was under Agustín de Echeverría and Josef Tovar. Some sailors on the ships most likely died from scurvy or an intestinal disease, from lack of fresh food on the trip to San Diego. Esteban Martínez and Pantoja was also on the trip. Don Juan Pantoja was the leader of the San Diego Bay survey party, called the Pantoja voyage. The site is now a city shopping mall and Ruocco Park, near the San Diego Police Museum.[2]
| La Punta de Los Muertos | |
|---|---|
 La Princesa a 1778 ship on the right | |
| Location | San Diego Bay, San Diego, California |
| Coordinates | 32°42′40″N 117°10′15″W / 32.7110°N 117.1709°W |
| Built | 1782 |
| Architect | Don Juan Pantoja y Arriaga |
| Designated | December 6, 1932 |
| Reference no. | 57 |
  Location of La Punta de Los Muertos in California  La Punta De Los Muertos (the United States) | |
A historical marker was place on Harbor Drive and Pacific Highway (California Highway 163) in San Diego, in 1954 by San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the Historical Markers Committee.[3]
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edit- ^ "A Monument To An Event That Never Happened".
- ^ "La Punta de Los Muertos #57". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "CHL # 57 La Punta de Los Muertos San Diego". www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com.