as in caravel
a large sailing ship used especially by the Spanish in the 1500s and 1600s
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Recent Examples of galleon
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galleon
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But what of those murals glorifying European colonization, with Christopher Columbus sweeping down from the sky in a caravel to find half-naked Native Americans?New York Times, New York Times, 25 May 2021
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More than that, though, the Portuguese were carrying on their wooden caravels an entirely unfamiliar culture from those the Chinese had previously met.Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 June 2020
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Twenty men on Maynard’s sloop died, and Blackbeard presumed the rest of the crew dead.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
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The Philippine military immediately sent its naval forces to monitor the Ufa, including a frigate armed with missiles and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Officials: High sea wave caused boat to capsize Hanafi said some survivors were airlifted from the site to be treated for unspecified injuries, while others were assisted on rescue vessels until a military frigate arrived to transport them back to shore.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
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The massive three mast sailing yacht is one of the largest in the world.Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The yacht is considered the world’s largest eco electric catamaran.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Walk the aisle, do tummy time on your empty seat, and visit the galley kitchen.Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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At the front of the house, an all-white galley kitchen equipped with Meile appliances sits side by side with the dining room.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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“Galleon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galleon. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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