Why did ponce de leon want to find the fountain of youth?

Answer 1

He wanted to find the fountain of youth because the taino natives at Puerto Rico wanted to get rid of him and talk to him about this marvelous fountain of youth to lure him out from PR. He was getting old and feeling young again sounded like an excellent idea, better than just finding gold.

Answer 2

no,instead he found st. Augustine.

when ponce de leon discovered Florida, he saw that the people there were well into their eighties and the normal life span of people from Spain was 50. so he searched for the fountain of youth because he belived that there was a spring that restored peoples youth. he left Florida and went back to Spain. eight years later he went back with 500 men and when they landed on the west coast of Florida, they began to fight with the natives. ponce de leon was shot by a poison dart and the spaininards retreted. one boat went to Mexico, one went to cuba were ponce de leon died. He never found the fountain of youth.

Answer 3

ponce de leon searched for the fountain of youth in 1539.

Answer 4

Juan Ponce never did discover the fountain of youth. He looked twice in Florida but never found it.

Answer 5

1540-42. He never found a Fountain of Youth. There is no such thing. It was a legend that came from India with Marco Polo.

Answer 6

Juan Ponce De Leon was looking for the fountain of youth because the Indians told him that the water there can make an old man younger and that there is gold in the water

Answer 7

never, the fountain is a myth. also, ponce de leon never explored the united states, he was exploring south america.