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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)...
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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 colonial governor. He named the settlement San...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Menéndez de Avilés Pedro Menéndez de Márquez Gutierre de Miranda Diego Miruelo Francisco de Montejo Diego de Montemayor Pánfilo de Narváez Diego de Nicuesa...
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    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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    Julius Caesar Jose Campuzano-Polanco Luis Fajardo Miguel Enríquez Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Pompey Richard Avery Hornsby Robert Maynard Thomas Warren Woodes...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    the Tocobaga on the Pinellas Peninsula. Records indicate that Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the founder of St. Augustine, Florida, visited the site in 1566...
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