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Ponce De Leon Fountain Of Youth Analysis

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The author was trying to discredit the idea of Ponce de Leon finding the fountain of youth. One example is one of the author stated, "A closer look, however, reveals that the fountain likely providedd little to no motivation for their voyage." To explain the first example in my own words. The more they investigate the search for the fountain of youth they could tell the Ponce de Leon didn't have a point to try and find the fountain. Another example is the author cited was "In fact, no surviving documents from this time, including letter from Ponce de Leon himself, ever mentioned such a fountain." To explain example two in my own words, means that there are no proven facts the on Ponce de Leon's voyage he was looking for the

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