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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

The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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

But José Arcadio Buendía did not concern himself with that when he found the sea after another four days' journey from the galleon.

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

On the other end, the galleons sent the Asian coconut palm to Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

The galleons brought more than silver to the Philippines.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 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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