Vicente González (? - ?) was governor of Florida between November 22, 1577, and 1578.Turner Bushnell, Amy (1994). Situado and Sabana: Spain support system for the Presidio and Mission Provinces of Florida. The Archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. Volumen 68. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers. Number 74. Page 212. He was also governor of Santa Elena, la Florida, from, at least, 1577 to 1580.
Vicente González and Captain Tomás Bernaldo de Quirós were appointment lieutenants of Pedro Menéndez de Márquez in Santa Elena in 1577. He served in this charge until 1580.Witness to Empire and the Tightening of Military Control: Santa Elena's Second Spanish Occupation, 1577-1587 . Retrieved in July 20, 2014, to 01:47pm. On November 22, 1577, González was appointment governor of Florida and holded office until 1578. In 1586 Gonzalez led a mission to a legendary strait located "beyond" Florida. The mission was organized for Menéndez de Márquez. During the trip several villages were established and Gonzalez meet a local cacique who confirmed him the existence of the strait.Ménard, Caroline. La Pesca gallega en Terranova, siglos XVI-XVIII (in Spanish: The Galician fishing in Newfoundland, XVI-XVIII centuries). Page 57. In October 1586 Gonzalez told to the Council of the Indies that near St. Augustine, Florida had a port located next to a fertile land, which had gold and diamond mines and was densely populated by indigenous. The Council decided that this land should be studied and Spanish shipwreck victims to settle there. In the 1580s Vicente González led several voyages into the Chesapeake Bay in search of English settlements in the area.
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