Ponce de Le‧ón, Juan /ˌpɒns də ˈliːən $ ˌpɑːns-, wɑːn $ hwɑːn/
(1460–1521) a Spanish explorer who took control of Puerto Rico for Spain in 1508 and discovered Florida in 1513, when he was searching for the Fountain of Youth, a flow of water coming from the ground which was supposed to make anyone who drank it stay young for ever

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