Pedro Menendez De Aviles and the Conquest of Florida

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solís de Merás. In 2012 David Arbesú discovered a manuscript including folios lost for centuries. In Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Conquest of Florida, Arbesú sheds light on principal events missing from the story of St. Augustine’s founding.