galleon
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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
The life-size statue known as the Black Nazarene and showing Jesus carrying the cross was brought in the 16th century from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024
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
Still, he was alive, and the wind was in his hair, and the cloud was scudding through the sky like a galleon at full sail.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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