as in caravel
a large sailing ship used especially by the Spanish in the 1500s and 1600s
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More than 300 years ago, fleets of Spanish galleons set sail from the waters off the Americas to bring back vast amounts of treasure from the New World, including gold, silver and gemstones.
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Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 June 2024
The galleon and its treasures quickly sank, with just 11 out of its 600 passengers surviving.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2024
Flores The island of Flores or flowers, which gets its name from the goldenrods, and pink and blue hydrangeas, used to be a notorious hideout for pirates waiting to raid treasure-laden Spanish galleons on their return to Europe.
—Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
The San José Treasure Galleon Tea cups at the San José galleon wreck site.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
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Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 June 2024
The galleon and its treasures quickly sank, with just 11 out of its 600 passengers surviving.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2024
Flores The island of Flores or flowers, which gets its name from the goldenrods, and pink and blue hydrangeas, used to be a notorious hideout for pirates waiting to raid treasure-laden Spanish galleons on their return to Europe.
—Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
The San José Treasure Galleon Tea cups at the San José galleon wreck site.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 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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Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The performance sloop will showcase the Brit’s signature contemporary styling, with a reverse bow for maximum waterline length and a sleek hull for effortless cruising.Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024
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The first was a 131-foot sloop, which Walker replaced five years later with a 171-footer.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
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The Russian vessels consisted of two submarines, a frigate and tug boat, the Coast Guard said.CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Its maritime arm dispatched frigates and corvettes to patrol the coastal waters with little event.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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In December, the developers flew Smith, Owens and an unidentified witness to Florida on a private jet for a meeting on a yacht.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Then Kendall Jenner was photographed reading Babitz on a yacht, and she was name-checked — twice — on the Gossip Girl reboot.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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In the galley, everyone is skeptical about this tiny day-old cake Cloyce ordered.Emma Soren, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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The high standard of cooking is especially impressive considering that its taking place in a tight galley kitchen while the train rocks 'n' rolls more vigorously than Elvis.James Rampton, theweek, 24 Oct. 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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The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
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Perkins had amassed a fleet of vessels over a 25-year period that included the 141-foot Perini Navi Andromeda la Dea, a 154-foot ketch of the same name, and the Herreshoff classic Mariette of 1915.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Galleon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galleon. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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