Timeline – Historical Archaeology https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/research/st-augustine/menendez/timeline/
1565 August 28 – Sighted land of Florida on St. Augustine’s feast day September 7 – Captains Morales and Patiño disembark with 30 men to dig an entrenchment to protect people and supplies while the site of the fort is more carefully chosen September 8 – Menéndez formally claims Florida, u
Engraving by Theodore de Bry based on drawing by Jacques LeMoyne Timucua man