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a floating fortress that hauled empires across oceans and pirates straight into legend.
means A large, multi-decked sailing ship used from the 16th to 18th centuries for war and trade, especially by Spain and Portugal to carry cargo and treasure across the oceans.
from From Spanish 'galeón' and French 'galion,' both built on the older word 'galley' (Medieval Latin 'galea'), the long oared warship of the Mediterranean. The galleon was essentially the galley's bigger, sail-driven descendant — the '-on' suffix in Romance languages often marks something large, so a galleon was, fittingly, a 'big galley.'
- multi-deck giant
- Carried hundreds of crew plus dozens of cannon
- treasure mule
- Spanish fleets shipped New World silver to Europe
- Manila run
- Sailed Acapulco-Philippines for 250 unbroken years
- sail rig
- Combined square and lateen sails for versatility
- shipwreck gold
- Sunken galleons still surrender millions to divers
mary rose — english warship sunk 1545, raised 1982 with intact hull in portsmouth
spanish armada — fleet of 130 galleons sent by spain against england in 1588
san felipe — portuguese galleon captured by dutch in 1603 off singapore, first european warship lost to asia