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Who colonized St. Augustine?

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admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

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St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement "San Agustín", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine.

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admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - this is what Google said

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