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Example sentences for: galleons

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During colonial days the bay was visited by both Spanish galleons and pirate ships looking for shelter, repairs, or supplies.
The big prize was gold, particularly in South America, so for a while Madrid regarded the Caribbean chain as “islands of Peru” where the galleons could stop for fresh water.
When Spanish explorers came to map the area in the 16th century, they named the area baja mar, or shallow seas, as a warning to the galleons that would be sailing through the waters.
Here, the Oriental spices, and silks and exotic cargoes from faraway ports were unloaded from the republic’s ancient galleons.
During the 16th century a fleet of galleons laden with treasures used the port as a pit stop on the way back to Spain from the New World.