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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.
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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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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.
Jul 18, 2015 · Menéndez must have been devastated at the loss and presumed death of his only son. He must have hoped against hope Juan had been safely washed ashore on Florida’s long and dangerous east coast.
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, Letter to King Philip II 1565 was an eventful year. The Florida coastline witnessed violent exchanges between the imperial forces of France and Spain, the continuation of cultural interactions between indigenous and European peoples, and the failures and successes of colonial footholds on the North American continent.
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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.
