Manuel de Cendoya
Manuel de Cendoya | |
|---|---|
| 24th Governor of La Florida | |
| In office July 6, 1671 – July 8, 1673 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega |
| Succeeded by | Nicolás Ponce de León II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | early 17th century |
| Died | July 8, 1673 Saint Augustine, Florida |
| Profession | Soldier and administrator (governor of Florida) |
Manuel de Cendoya (? – 1673) was a Spanish soldier who served as governor of Spanish Florida (La Florida) from mid-1671 to mid-1673. His administration is remembered primarily for initiating construction of the Castillo de San Marcos, a masonry fortress whose building had first been ordered by Cendoya's predecessor, Governor Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega, after the destructive raid of the English privateer Robert Searle in 1668. Work proceeded in 1671, although the first stone was not laid until 1672.