The Search for the Fountain of Youth — Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce De León would serve in the final battles of the Reconquista before joining Columbus on his second voyage to the New World. Here he would make a name for himself, as an expert general on Hispanola, founder and first governor of Puerto Rico, and discoverer of Florida. But above all, he is remembered for his quest to find a mythical fountain that was said to reverse the effects of the passage of time. This is the story of Juan Ponce De León, and his search for the Fountain of Youth.

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Juan Ponce De León by Louise Chipley Slavicek
Juan Ponce De León and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida by Robert H. Fuson
América: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493–1898 by Robert Goodwin
Juan Ponce de León and the Discovery of Florida Reconsidered by Samuel Turner
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Discovering Florida by John E. Worth
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:02 Early Years
04:21 Adventurer in a New World
18:30 The Discovery of Florida
26:22 The Final Voyage
30:22 Outro