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galleon

[gal-ee-uhn, gal-yuhn] / ˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl jən /




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She was checking people in on the pier for a separate boat tour to Sazan on a replica galleon that advertises the opportunity to “be a pirate for a day.”

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Sunk in 1708, the galleon San José attained legendary status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

In 1708 the San José, a treasure-laden Spanish galleon, sunk off the coast of Colombia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

Men in wet suits will find the galleon three years from now.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Early in the process, Quezon, a historian and grandson of a former Philippine president, learned to his dismay that the local hardwood and water-resistant species used to build the galleons had long been wiped out.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

An estimated 3 million wrecks litter the seafloor, ranging from Nazi gold ships and Spanish galleons to ordinary cargo ships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Look at the massive Seville cityscape here, by an unknown painter from around 1660, in which men of lighter and darker skin tones gossip and gallivant on the riverbank as galleons sail by.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

It is not like corporations deploy an armada of 17th century galleons to sail shipments of gold across the ocean.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2021

Spanish treasure galleons were soon sailing home loaded with riches from mines in Mexico and Peru.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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