<page_title> List of colonial governors of Florida </page_title> <section_title> First Spanish period, 1565–1763 </section_title> <table> <cell> Pedro Menéndez de Avilés <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> founder of St. Augustine and Adelantado of the first Florida government <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
St. Augustine was founded by Spanish Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor.