galleon
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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
The galleon also brought a critical technical secret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Artefacts from voyages line exhibits surrounding the vessel, including part of a Chinese tomb that once served as ballast in the hold of a galleon.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Sunk in 1708, the galleon San José attained legendary status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The discovery of the galleon, an indication of the proximity of the sea, broke José Arcadio Buendía's drive.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
Scenes on Spanish galleons and Aztec pyramids unfold amid a pulsating beat of rock, pop and flamenco riffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
Beyond lie the turquoise and azure waters of the lagoon, a white line of surf at the reef, cumulus clouds on the horizon moving as stately as galleons.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023
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
Or sometimes we’d pre-tend we were the Dutch going out on raids against Spanish galleons.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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