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Menéndez de Avilés

American  
[me-nen-deth the ah-vee-les] / mɛˈnɛn dɛθ ðɛ ˌɑ viˈlɛs /

noun

  1. Pedro 1519–74, Spanish admiral and colonizer: founder of St. Augustine, Florida 1565.


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St. Augustine is 452 years old, having been founded by the Spanish conquistador Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2017

The city was founded that year by Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a Spanish admiral and explorer, and his 800 followers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2012

Spain sent Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to make the French leave Florida.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Menéndez de Avilés, and the expulsion of the French.—Philip decided now to eject the French and colonize Florida, and entrusted the task to Menéndez de Avilés, a great naval officer.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

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