Thus Pedro Menéndez commanded the galleons of the great Armada de la Carrera, or Spanish Treasure Fleet, on their voyage from the Caribbean and Mexico to Spain, and determined the routes they followed.

In 1560, King Philip II of Spain appointed Menéndez as Captain General, and his brother Bartolomé Menéndez as Admiral, of the Fleet of the Indies. It is the second-oldest continuously inhabited city of European origin in United States territory after San Juan, Puerto Rico (founded in 1521). Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States. Augustine's distinct historical character has made the city a tourist attraction.įounded in 1565 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, St. Augustine is part of Florida's First Coast region and the Jacksonville metropolitan area. The territorial government moved and made Tallahassee the capital of Florida in 1824. The Florida National Guard made the city its headquarters that same year. Augustine was designated the capital of the Florida Territory upon ratification of the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1821. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819, and St. It was designated as the capital of British East Florida when the colony was established in 1763 Great Britain returned Florida to Spain in 1783. The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years. 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 was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in what is now the contiguous United States. Augustine ( Spanish: San Agustín) is a city in the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.

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