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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.
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The mission served nearby villages of the Mocama, a Timucua group, and was at the center of an important chiefdom in the late 16th and 17th century. Menéndez marched his soldiers overland from St. Augustine to destroy the French settlement at Fort Caroline on the St. Johns River.
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.
May 8, 2020 · Since most of the soldiers were absent, Menéndez was easily able to capture the French settlement, killing most of the men in the battle. Some of the inhabitants, including de Laudonniére and the artist Jacques LeMoyne, were able to escape to ships and return to France.
Menéndez left in July 1565 with 11 ships and a crew of 2,000 and arrived in Florida on August 28. After he returned to Spain, the French revenged themselves for the massacre. When Menéndez returned he found that the Spanish garrison in St. Augustine had been hanged.
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.
Feb 1, 2020 · The 1565 establishment of Saint Augustine and the Florida colony by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was unquestionably one of the pivotal events in the colonial history of the Americas, not just because it was the first successful European colonial settlement in southeastern North America but because of its important role in the eventual history of ...
