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
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
They were six days following Bar's galleon and brought her to battle on the seventh.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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
Printed on delicate yellow paper that was almost translucent, “The Americana Treasure Map” was decorated with drawings of galleons, pirates and a compass rose embellished with a skull and crossbones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Of even greater interest to the Chinese, though, were Spanish galleons from Manila, carrying silver from mines in the Americas.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
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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