# Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

> Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was a Spanish admiral, explorer, and conquistador from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain. He is notable for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys, which became known as the Spanish treasure fleet, and for founding St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565. This was the first successful European settlement in Spanish Florida and the most significant city in the region for nearly three centuries.

*Spanish explorer and governor (1519–1574)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1519-02-15
- **Died:** 1574-09-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 17.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 2.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [بيدرو مينينديث دي أفيليس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [بيدرو مينينديث دى افيليس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
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- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [پدرو منندس د آویلس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menendess de Aviless](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Menendess_de_Aviless)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
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- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Менендес де Авилес, Педро](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE)
- [Pedro Menéndez de Avilés](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553152)

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