Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles
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Markerman62
N 30° 18.689 W 081° 40.731
17R E 434731 N 3353496
Located near the riverfront just west of downtown.
Waymark Code: WMJ7GH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2013
Views: 8
September 1565
Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles
Founder of St. Augustine and
Adelantado of the Floridas
under Phillip II of Spain
voyaged up this river
seeking a waterway to Mexico
Marker Number: 0
Date: 1931
County: Duval
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Jacksonville Historical Society
Website: Not listed
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