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galleon

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




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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

A Spanish galleon, the San José, was sunk by the British off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 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

Our ship is a galleon, weathered from a million voyages going back to ages even darker than this.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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