He was an enemy of the Spaniard wherever he found him, and had left a name of terror through the Spanish Main, for had he not sacked four of their towns in the Indies and sunk twenty Spanish galleons?
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
They came in sight of land again; they coasted down a gloomy country with lofty cliffs going sheer into the sea; they passed magnificent galleons laden with gold from America; and one morning, when Amyntas came on deck at break of day, he saw before him the white walls and red roofs of a southern city.
"Orientations"
William Somerset Maugham
The flying mountains of cloud swept like galleons across the moor, and in Peter's heart was overwhelming triumph ...
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole