Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo meˈnendeθ ðe aβiˈles]; Asturian: Pedro (Menéndez) d'Avilés; 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574)...
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Mendez. Menéndez or Menendez may refer to: Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962), President of El Salvador twice, in 1934–1935 and 1944 Emilio Menéndez (born...
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Avilés (Spanish: [aβiˈles] ; Asturian: [aβɪˈleθ]) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality...
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Alonso, Juan, Catalina and Elvira Menéndez Marqués. Márquez began serving with his uncle Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in about 1548, occasionally as master...
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Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement San Agustín...
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Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro. Cartas sobre la Florida, 1555-1574 / Pedro Menéndez de Avilés" "Letters regarding Florida, 1555-1574 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés;...
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southern St. Johns County, Florida, United States. It was named for Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a sixteenth-century Spanish admiral and pirate hunter who founded...
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Spanish treasure fleet (redirect from Armada de la Carrera)
fleet for shipment to Spain. To better defend this trade, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and Álvaro de Bazán designed the definitive model of the galleon in the...
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was founded in 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The Spanish Crown issued an asiento to Menéndez, signed by King Philip II on March 20...
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seventeen years before being found by the Menendez de Avilés expedition. In 1566 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, founder of St. Augustine, made contact with...
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conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, when Florida was part of the Spanish Empire. The fort's construction was ordered by Governor Francisco de la Guerra y de la...
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professional footballer Óscar Avilés (1924–2014), Peruvian musician Pedro Avilés (born 1956), Spanish writer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), first governor...
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arrive there was Juan Ponce de León in 1513, but the governorship did not begin until 1565, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine and was...
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Spanish documents in 1567, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés visited what was almost certainly the Safety Harbor site. Menéndez had contacted the Calusa and...
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province, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. He was the brother-in-law of the subsequent governor, Pedro Menéndez de Márquez, and the brother of Gutierre de Miranda...
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Fort Caroline (redirect from Fort de la Caroline)
September 1565, and Fort Caroline was sacked by Spanish troops under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on 20 September. The Spanish continued to occupy the site as San...
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of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587. It was established under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the first governor of Spanish Florida. There had been a number...
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well as provisions and cargo. Her armament was iron."—p.100 Menéndez: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Captain General of the Ocean Sea Albert C. Manucy, published...
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Fountain of Youth (section Ponce de León)
exhibits native and colonial artifacts to celebrate Ponce de León and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the founder of St. Augustine. Exhibits of Timucua and Spanish...
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the Matanzas Inlet in 1565, under orders from King Philip II to Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the adelantado of Spanish Florida (La Florida). The Spanish Crown...
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Mendoza Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Pedro Menéndez de Márquez Gutierre de Miranda Diego Miruelo Francisco de Montejo Diego de Montemayor Pánfilo de Narváez...
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the Spanish settlers of Florida. De Velasco was the son-in-law of the first governor of Florida, Pedro Menéndez de Aviles. He joined the Spanish army in...
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on the orders of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, in an attempt to find an inland route to a silver-producing town in Mexico. In 1566 Menéndez had built Fort San...
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1919 until 2013. It is the oldest preserved building in Avilés. The tomb of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the founder of St. Augustine, Florida is located inside...
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Augustine, exhibited at the Lightner Museum Historical marker Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Statue - May 2019 Alcazar Hotel Historic Marker Courtyard - May...
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Florida; Colonized by huguenots, sacked by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565. 1565 – Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine, Florida, the earliest...
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Ais people (section Pedro's bluff)
acquainted with the Ais in middle of the 16th century. In 1566 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, founder of St. Augustine, Florida, established a fort and mission...
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on the river's edge. Then the camp master, Pedro Valdez y Menéndez, son-in-law of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and the Asturian, Ochoa, went forward to reconnoitre...
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October 1567 to August 1570, in the absence of official governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. He was also governor of the Spanish settlement of Santa Elena...
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original casket of the founder of St. Augustine, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, though his remains are located in Avilés, Spain. The museum's exhibits also include...
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