Search results
fineartamerica.com
Spaniard who founded St. Augustine, Florida
- 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.
www.britannica.com › biography › Pedro-Menendez-de-Aviles
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. Born into the landed gentry, he ran away to sea at age 14.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
People also ask
Who was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés?
Who was Menéndez and what did he do?
Where is Pedro Menendez high school?
Why did Pedro Menéndez de Avilés go to Fort Caroline?
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.
Sep 29, 2020 · Even before Jamestown or the Plymouth Colony, the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States was founded in September 1565 by a Spanish soldier named Pedro Menéndez...
Pedro Menendez High School is located south of historic St. Augustine, Florida. Our doors opened in the year 2000 with state-of-the-art facilities serving the needs of 1500 students in St. Johns County.
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.
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.
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.
