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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.
Monument to Pedro Menéndez in Avilés, Spain Statue in St. Augustine, Florida, at the Lightner Museum. In 1562, a group of Huguenots led by Jean Ribault arrived in territory claimed by Spain and called La Florida. [13] They explored the mouth of the St. Johns River in Florida, calling it la Rivière de Mai (the River May).
The precise location of their landing on the Florida coast has been disputed for many years. Some historians believe it occurred at or near St. Augustine, [79] but others prefer a more southerly landing at a small harbor now called Ponce de León Inlet. [77]
St. Augustine (/ ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; Spanish: San Agustín [san aɣusˈtin]) is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.Located 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Jacksonville, the city is on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
The colonial governors of Florida governed Florida during its colonial period (before 1821). The first European known to arrive there was Juan Ponce de León in 1513, but the governorship did not begin until 1565, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine and was declared Governor and Adelantado of Florida.
Although St. Augustine faced many hardships the Spanish decided to maintain the town and the colony as a way to counteract English expansion in the Americas and to help protect Spanish ships. [30] Catholic missionaries used St. Augustine as a base of operations to establish over 100 far-flung missions throughout Florida. [31]
Shipwreck discovered at bottom of Florida Keys is revealed to be long-lost British warship. Amelia Neath. March 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM. The vessel’s remains was first discovered in the 90s, but it ...
Argüelles was born in 1566 in the Spanish settlement of San Agustín, Spanish Florida.Martín's parents were Martín de Argüelles (Sr.) and Leonor Morales. His father, Martín Argüelles Sr., an Asturian hidalgo, was one of the expeditioners who came to New Spain in the New World with Captain General Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565.