Pedro Menendez de Aviles

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A 1791 engraving depicts Pedro Menendez de Aviles at about age fifty. Menendez de Aviles founded St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest European settlement in North America, in 1565, just before he explored the Georgia coastline.

From The Spanish Settlements within the Present Limits of the United States: Florida, 1562-1574, by W. Lowery

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

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