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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo meˈnendeθ ðe aβiˈles]; Asturian: Pedro (Menéndez) d'Avilés; 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral, explorer and conquistador from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (born February 15, 1519, Avilés, Spain—died September 17, 1574, Santander) was a Spaniard who founded St. Augustine, Florida, and was a classic example of the conquistador—intrepid, energetic, loyal, and brutal.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Avilés, 15 de febrero de 1519 - Santander, 16 de septiembre de 1574) fue un militar y marino español y gobernante de Indias. En 1565 reconquistó la Florida, tras destruir Fort Caroline y otros asentamientos de hugonotes franceses que la ocupaban, y fundó la ciudad de San Agustín.
Captain Pedro Menendez de Aviles was a Spanish sailor, soldier, explorer, and conquistador sent by Philip II of Spain to remove the French from Florida. He set up camp in what is today the city of St. Augustine and launched his overland march to take Fort Caroline.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ( b. 1519; d. 17 September 1574), Spanish naval officer. Menéndez, a native of Avilés, Asturias, was appointed captain-general of the Indies fleet by Philip II in 1560.
Sep 29, 2020 · The massacre of the French at Fort Caroline on the St. Johns River, Florida by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in September 1565. “He went up to the fort, by ship, where he...
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. (1519–74). St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States, was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in August 1565.
Dec 17, 2018 · In 1565, more than fifty years before the English landed at Jamestown, Pedro Menéndez de Aviles established the first successful European colony in the United States at St. Augustine, Florida.
Feb 15, 2015 · Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (February 15, 1519 – September 17, 1574) was Comendador of the Holy Cross of Zarza of the Knights of Santiago, Captain-General of the Ocean Sea, Governor of Cuba, Captain-General of the West, Adelantado of Florida, and Founder of St. Augustine.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The key figure in the conquest of La Florida, known for his piety, navigational skills, and loyalty to King Philip II of Spain. After defeating French forces in Florida, he took possession of the land in 1565 in hopes of building a commercial enterprise.
