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noun
Flota  n.  A fleet; especially, a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Veracruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.





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... peace between France and Spain he was commissioned by the emperor Charles V. to clear the north coast of Spain and the Canaries of French pirates. In 1554 he was appointed captain-general of the "flota" or convoy which carried the trade between Spain and America. The appointment was made by the emperor over the head and against the will of the Casa de Contratacion, or governing board of the American trade. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 - "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" • Various


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