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Hernando de Miranda was born in San Tirso, a parish of Candamo (Asturias, Spain). He was the son of Sancho de Miranda and Leonor de las Alas.
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He took office after the death of the first governor of the province, Pedro Menéndez de Aviléson As a young man, he joined the Spanish Navy, where he excelled, reaching the rank of general. When the Adelantado began the conquest and colonization of Florida in 1565, Miranda joined his staff
While the peninsula of Florida and neighboring regions were explored and conquered, Miranda was directed to stay in the capital of the colony, Saint Augustine.
Then, in 1566, the Adelantado selected Miranda to accompany him in pursuit of pirates in the Caribbean. When Miranda arrived in Florida, he began working to eliminate corruption.
He found that former Governor Diego de Velasco had appropriated large sums of money from Menéndez de Avilés, claiming that Menéndez de Avilés had owed him money at the time of his death. Miranda imprisoned Velasco and replaced him in the government of Santa Elena with one of his lieutenants, Alonso Solíson
Velasco"s treasurer, Bertolomeo Martinez, supported the allegations against him.
However, Martinez was himself briefly imprisoned, as Miranda suspected that he had been complicit in Velasco"s crimes. Miranda held the Florida governorship until 1577, when a group of Amerindians rebelled and murdered several soldiers at the fort of Santa Elena, where Miranda had arrived in February 1576.
