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Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 1519-1574

LC control no.n 88234987
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Personal name headingMenéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 1519-1574
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Variant(s)De Avilés, Pedro Menéndez, 1519-1574
Avilés, Pedro Menéndez de, 1519-1574
Associated placeFlorida
Birth date1519-02-15
Death date1574-09-17
Place of birthAvilés (Spain)
Place of deathSantander (Spain)
Profession or occupationAdmirals Conquerors Governors Explorers Navies--Officers
Type of familymale
Found inThompson, 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)