Menéndez de Avilés

[ me-nen-deth the ah-vee-les ]

noun

1. Pe·dro [pe, -, th, r, aw], 1519–74, Spanish admiral and colonizer: founder of St. Augustine, Florida 1565.

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

Although Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established St. Augustine in 1565, three years after the Luna debacle, it never became more than a symbolic outpost. Luna’s expedition—with its great financial losses and harrowing stories of hunger—became one of Spain’s last major investments and initiatives in Florida.

From The New Yorker

Habrá una ceremonia recordando el desembarco de Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, fundador de la ciudad y primer gobernador de la Florida durante la época colonial española.

From Washington Times

La obra contiene más de 600 imágenes, incluye a más de 2,000 graduados y rastrea los orígenes de la escuela hasta 1565, cuando Pedro Menéndez de Avilés llegó a la isla con los primeros jesuitas.

From Washington Times

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