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: a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
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Earlier this month, the galleon docked on southern England’s Isle of Wight.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This time, legal disputes, not cannonballs, have been launched by multiple claimants to the sunken galleon’s fortune.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2024
The bottom line: Muggles can only dream of having this many galleons.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 22 July 2024
Many of the people who did underwater archeology in those days were interested in the Titanic or Spanish treasure galleons.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This time, legal disputes, not cannonballs, have been launched by multiple claimants to the sunken galleon’s fortune.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2024
The bottom line: Muggles can only dream of having this many galleons.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 22 July 2024
Many of the people who did underwater archeology in those days were interested in the Titanic or Spanish treasure galleons.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
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“Galleon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galleon. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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galleon
noun
gal·le·on
ˈgal-ē-ən 
: a large sailing ship with square sails used from the 1400s to the 1700s especially by the Spanish
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