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28 August 1565: Spanish conquerors sight land off America
Jennie Rhodes
Augustine in the name of the king of Spain and in honour of the saint whose feast day is celebrated on 28 August. Menéndez de Avilés, who had been appointed pioneer and governor by King Philip II, set sail from Cadiz on 29 June that year. Around one ... thousand men joined the admiral's fleet, which was made up of the king's galleon - the San Pelayo, the Magdalena, San Miguel, San Andrés and Concepción shallops (small boats), the Victoria galley, the Esperanza brigantine, the San Antonio and Nuestra Señora