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1519 – 1574Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574)Died 17 September 1574, aged 55Pedro Menendez de Aviles was a Spanish admiral who founded St. Augustine in Florida in 1565, the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States. He later oversaw Spanish naval preparations before his death in Santander.