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Jul 18, 2015 · 1:11. Pedro Menéndez was very surprised to find himself imprisoned along with his brother Bartolomé, and a number of his captains and associates by the Casa de Contratación, or House of Trade,...
Menéndez conceived a plan for a voyage to La Florida to search for his son, who he believed might have reached there, but he was powerless to initiate it from prison, and his petitions to King Philip II went unanswered.
Aug 16, 2015 · On Aug. 16, 450 years ago today, Pedro Menéndez and his fleet were sailing west off the north coast of Puerto Rico approaching the Mona Passage, the body of water separating what is today the...
Oct 4, 2015 · That afternoon Menéndez took some 40 men by boat down the river that separated the barrier island today called Anastasia from the mainland.
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.
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 ...
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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.
