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he was a top military official on Columbus' second voyage to the new world. he discovered/founded Florida.
there was a myth that he was obsessed with finding the fountain of youth which made me think of the VMS.
if there was such similar drawings around León, perhaps there was a similar obsessions with finding a fountain of youth,
which might have lead to the inspection of the VMS.
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According to a popular legend, Ponce de León discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth. Though stories of vitality-restoring waters were known on both sides of the Atlantic long before Ponce de León, the story of his searching for them was not attached to him until after his death. In his
Historia general y natural de las Indias of 1535, You are not allowed to view links.
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Historia general de las Indias of 1551.You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view., a shipwreck survivor who had lived with the Native Americans of Florida for 17 years, published his memoir in which he locates the waters in Florida, and says that Ponce de León was supposed to have looked for them there.You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. Though Fontaneda doubted that Ponce de León had really gone to Florida looking for the waters, the account was included in the
Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos of You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. of 1615. Most historians hold that the search for You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. were far more imperative than any potential search for such a fountain.You are not allowed to view links.
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There is a possibility that the Fountain of Youth was an allegory for the You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view., which locals brew today as an aphrodisiac. Ponce de León could have been seeking it as a potential entrepreneurial venture. You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. believed Indian servants brewing a "brown tea" in You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. Arne Molander has speculated that the adventurous conquistador mistook the natives' "vid" (vine) for "vida" (life) – transforming their "fountain vine" into an imagined "fountain of life".