Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in Portugal and Spain and first used as armed cargo carriers by Europeans from the 16th to 18th...
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The Manila galleon (Spanish: Galeón de Manila; Filipino: Galyon ng Maynila), originally known as La Nao de China, and Galeón de Acapulco, refers to the...
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age of sail. Galleon may also refer to: Galleon (video game), a 2004 action-adventure game Galleon (band), a French dance music band Galleon (album) Manila...
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San José was a 64-gun, three-masted galleon of the Spanish Armada de la Guardia de la Carrera de las Indias. It was launched in 1698 and sank in battle...
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The Galleon Group was one of the largest hedge fund management firms in the world, managing over $7 billion, before closing in October 2009. The firm...
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This is a list of a few of the carracks and galleons that served under the Spanish Crowns in the period 1410-1639; note that Castile and Aragon were separate...
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Galleon was a French house group from Marseille, founded by Michel Fages and Phillippe Laurent, (who recruited Gilles Fahy for singing). They emerged...
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Galleon is a debut album by French house band Galleon. It was released in 2002. The album contains three singles, "So I Begin", "I Believe" and "One Sign"...
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Uneven Justice (redirect from Uneven Justice: The Plot to Sink Galleon)
Uneven Justice: The Plot to Sink Galleon is a memoir by Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm now...
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The Neptune is a ship replica of a fictional 17th-century galleon designed by Naval Architect David Cannell. The ship was built in 1985 for Roman Polanski's...
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