galleon
sailing vessel
full-rigged sailing ship that was built primarily for war, and which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The name derived from “galley,” which had come to be synonymous with “war vessel” and whose characteristic beaked prow the new ship retained. A high, square forecastle rose behind the bow, the three or four masts carried both square and fore-and-aft sails, and one or two tiers of guns were carried broadside. The largest galleons were built by the Spanish and the Portuguese for their profitable overseas trade; the famed “Manila galleons” of Spain made an annual trip between Acapulco, Mex., and the Philippines, carrying silver west and raw silk east, for more than 250 years. - John England
- John Ericsson
- John Erik Jonsson
- John, Errol
- John Erskine
- John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar
- John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar
- John Erskine Mar, 1st Earl of
- John Erskine Mar, 2nd Earl of
- Johne's disease
- John E. Sulston
- John Evans
- John Evelyn
- John Evershed
- John E. Walker
- John E.W. Keely
- John Fairfield Dryden
- John F. Dodge, Horace E.; and Dodge
- John Fell
- John Fenno
- John Ferguson McLennan
- John Field
- John Fielden
- John Fillmore Hayford
- John Fiske