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Galleon
A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used from the sixteenth century for war and long-distance trade. The galleon was the workhorse of the Spanish Empire, carrying silver across the Atlantic and Pacific in convoy fleets, and it formed the core of the Spanish Armada of 1588.
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