Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish explorer
Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1519
Place of Birth: Avilés, Asturias, Spain
Date of Death: 17-Sep-1574
Profession: military personnel, explorer
Nationality: Spain, Cuba
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Spanish pronunciation: ['peð?o m?'n?nde? ðe aßi'les]; 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain, who is remembered for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys and for founding St.
- Augustine, Florida, in 1565.
- This was the first successful Spanish settlement in La Florida and the most significant city in the region for nearly three centuries.
- St.
- Augustine is the oldest continuously-inhabited, European-established settlement in the continental United States.
- Menéndez de Avilés was also the first governor of Florida (1565–74).
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