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- Galleon - Wikipedia
Revenge, a galleon built in 1577, the flagship of Sir Francis Drake in the Battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588, was captured by a Spanish fleet off Flores in the Azores in 1591 and sank while being sailed back to Spain
- Galleon | Age of Exploration, Spanish Armada, Caravels | Britannica
galleon, full-rigged sailing ship that was built primarily for war, and which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries The name derived from “galley,” which had come to be synonymous with “war vessel” and whose characteristic beaked prow the new ship retained
- GALLEON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of GALLEON is a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
- Galleon - Ages of Exploration
The galleon developed in the early 16th century from ships such as the caravel and the carrack The galleon design varied between regions The shipwright varied hull and sail configuration based on the ship’s homeport, its destination, and the cargo it carried
- Spanish galleon with $17B in treasure confirmed as richest wreck - MSN
The confirmation that a legendary Spanish galleon holds an estimated 17 billion dollars in treasure has turned a long‑whispered maritime myth into a measurable economic and political reality
- San José Galleon: Marine Archaeologists Have Recovered The First . . .
The relics were recovered as part of a tantalizing research project on the San José, the shipwreck of a giant galleon of the Spanish Navy that sank in 1708
- San José galleon artifacts surface after 300 years, shedding light on . . .
Artifacts recovered from the San José galleon after 300 years reveal new insights into the 1708 Caribbean shipwreck
- Galleon - Wikiwand
The galleon was powered entirely by wind, using sails carried on three or four masts, with a lateen sail continuing to be used on the last (usually third and fourth) masts They were used in both military and trade applications, most famously in the Spanish treasure fleet, and the Manila galleons
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