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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.
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 ( 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.
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. (1519–74). St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States, was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in August 1565.
A poor nobleman from Asturia, Spain, Pedro Menendez de Aviles became a successful and prosperous Captain-General of the Spanish Indies fleet. On March 20, 1565, Charles V selected this intensely loyal Catholic soldier to drive the French from Fort Caroline and develop a Spanish colony in La Florida. Unlike earlier missions, Menendez directed ...
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.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574) was a mariner, explorer, colonizer, and governor of Florida. A prominent defender of Spain against French privateers in Europe, he served as captain general of the Indies fleet in 1554, 1560, and 1561.
Feb 1, 1979 · The romance of the founding of Saint Augustine, Florida, by Spain’s brilliant adelantado, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, is one of the great episodes of the North American continent. Popular accounts have combined legend and a modicum of historical truth about this heroic figure who was born in 1519.
