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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was a Spanish explorer and the first governor of Florida. He is best known for founding St. Augustine in 1565, the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the continental United States. Menéndez sought to establish Spanish presence in North America, primarily to counter French influence and to convert Native Americans to Christianity. His explorations extended along the southeastern coast of what is now the United States.

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