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Juan Ponce de Leon (1460?-1521) was a Spanish explorer and soldier who was the first European to set foot inFlorida. He also established the oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico and discovered the Gulf Stream (a current in the Atlantic Ocean). Ponce de Leon was searching for the legendary fountain of youth and other riches.

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