LC control no. | n 88234987 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 1519-1574 |
Variant(s) | De Avilés, Pedro Menéndez, 1519-1574 Avilés, Pedro Menéndez de, 1519-1574 |
Associated place | Florida |
Birth date | 1519-02-15 |
Death date | 1574-09-17 |
Place of birth | Avilés (Spain) |
Place of death | Santander (Spain) |
Profession or occupation | Admirals Conquerors Governors Explorers Navies--Officers |
Type of family | male |
Found in | Thompson, K. Pedro Menéndes de Avilés, 1989: CIP info (claimed Florida for Spain) LC data base, 07-28-89 (hdg.: Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 1519-1574) Wikipedia, 18 August 2017 (Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (15 February 1519 - 17 September 1574); was a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain; planned the first trans-occeanic convoys and founder of St. Augustine, Florida; first governor of Florida (1565-74); born in Aviles, Asturias, Spain; died Santander, Cantabria, Spain; appointed governor of Cuba) Encyclopaedia Britannica, 18 August 2017 (Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish conquistador) YourDictionary.com, 18 August 2017 (Pedro Menéndez de Avilés; after returning to Spain in 1572, Philip II appointed him captain general of the Armada that was to invade England; action was not carried out by Menéndez de Avilés due to his unexpected death on Sept. 17, 1574) Son of the South.net profile page, 18 Agust 2017 (Pedro Menendez; Menendez de Aviles, Pedro, naval officer) |