The word galleon 'large ship' comes from Old French galion 'armed ship of burden' or from (Castilian) Spanish galeón 'galleon, armed merchant ship', (perhaps via Italian galeone 'big galea, big galley' ) from Medieval Greek galea ' galley', to which the French or Spanish augmentative suffix -on is added. Such ships were the mainstay of maritime commerce into the early 19th century, and were often drafted into use as auxiliary naval war vessels-indeed, were the mainstay of contending fleets through most of the 150 years of the Age of Exploration-before the Anglo-Dutch wars brought purpose-built ship-rigged warships, ships of the line, that thereafter dominated war at sea during the remainder of the age of sail. Galleons generally carried three or more masts with a lateen fore-and-aft rig on the rear masts, were carvel built with a prominent squared off raised stern, and used square-rigged sail plans on their fore-mast and main-masts. Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships first used as armed cargo carriers by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-1600s. João de Castro on the 'Suez Expedition' (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in the Indian Ocean and the siege of Diu in 1538) - Tábuas da India in the João de Castro's Roteiro do Mar Roxo ( Routemap of the Red Sea) of 1540–1541. Combine this element with Mark Wahlberg’s doe-eyed performance as a science teacher(?!) and the twist that even the biggest Shyamalan supporter can’t defend, The Happening turned the once-acclaimed director into a punchline, soiling his reputation as a filmmaker until his 2015 found footage joint The Visit brought him back into the limelight.Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. While some fans were intrigued about Shyamalan playing in a hard-R sandbox within the horror genre, the film’s premise of a global phenomenon that drives people to commit suicide around the globe went from shocking to unintentionally hilarious over the course of its skimp runtime.

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