"Galliot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from Callao de Lima in Peru, to colonize the Salomon Islands, which he had discovered many years before in the South Sea, [66] the principal one of which he had called San Christoval. He took four ships, two large ones—a flagship and an almiranta—a frigate, and a galliot, with four hundred men in all. He was also accompanied by his wife, Dona Ysabel Barreto and his three brothers-in-law. On the way he discovered other islands at which he did not stop; but not finding those which ...
— History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 • Antonio de Morga
... and losing half of each pinch ere it reached his nose, the Admiral generously scattering it over the lapels of his coat and shirt front on the way. "Why the deuce didn't you tell me all that before, my dear Vernon, instead of backing and filling like a Dutch galliot beating to win'ard?" ...
— Crown and Anchor - Under the Pen'ant • John Conroy Hutcheson |
