Juan Ponce de Leon (History Maker Bios Series)

True or False: Ponce de Leon discovered the fountain of youth.

False!In fact, Ponce de Leon may not have even believed the stories about a fountain that could make old people young again. He was an explorer who wanted to discover new lands.

• He sailed on Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the New World.
• He discovered the fast-moving ocean current called the Gulf Stream
• He was one of the first Europeans to set foot in Florida

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