''Guilalo'' (also spelled ''gilalo'', ''jilalo'', ''bilalo'', or ''guilálas''), were large native sailing

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ships of the

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in the

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. They were common vessels in

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in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were easily identifiable by their two large settee sails made with woven fiber. They were steered by a central

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and can be rowed with round-bladed oars. They ferried passengers and trade goods (like

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and fruits) between

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and

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. They were also used in the

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region. They were also sometimes referred to as ''tafurea'' (or ''tarida'') in

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, due to their similarity in appearance to the

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European '' tafurea'', a flat-bottomed sailing ship used to transport horses. They are also sometimes known as "'' panco''", a Spanish general term for '' bangka''. File:Modelo de guilalo (Filipinas). Modelo acoplamiento de piñones.jpg, Model of a ''guilalo'' displayed in the 1887 Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas in

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File:Guilalo ships in Manila Bay (c. 1848).jpg, ''Guilalo'' ships in

, in a

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's ''Borneo and the Indian Archipelago'' (1848)

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{{Austronesian ships Indigenous ships of the Philippines

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