Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Happy Birthday, St. Augustine

Posted onSeptember 8, 2021September 12, 2021AuthorDave Burkey

The city of St. Augustine was established on this date in 1565. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sighted land on August 28. He named the site San Augustín after Augustine of Hippo. Menéndez sailed through the inlet into Matanzas Bay and disembarked near the Timucua town Read More …

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Posted onMarch 20, 2021March 24, 2021AuthorDave Burkey

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés received his “asiento,” or settlement orders, from the Spanish government to travel to La Florida on this date in 1565. Two years earlier, Don Juan Menéndez, Pedro Menéndez’s only son, was lost in a wreck near the Bahamas and Menéndez was Read More …