galleon

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

New artefacts have been uncovered on the 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks” off the coast of Colombia.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

When the San José made its final voyage from Seville, Spain, to the Americas in 1706, the Spanish galleon was considered to be one of the most complex machines ever built.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Four hundred and one years earlier, the first “smog report” was entered into the log of the San Salvador, a galleon captained by the Iberian Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Only then, convinced that the story had not been some product of his father's imagination, did he wonder how the galleon had been able to get inland to that spot.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez