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Ponce de Leon   /pˈoʊnseɪ di lˈiɑn/   Listen
Ponce de Leon

noun
1.
Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521).  Synonym: Juan Ponce de Leon.





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... of the Gilded One. Here, they said, would be found the elixir of life. The beautiful Silver Spring, near the head of the Ocklawaha, with its sandy bottom plainly visible at the depth of eighty feet, was thought to be the source of the life-giving waters, but, though Ponce de Leon heard of this, he never succeeded in fighting his way to it through ...
— Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete • Charles M. Skinner


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