Juan Ponce de León’s voyages correlate to this years theme of exploration, exchange, and encounter. Juan Ponce de León was in search of new lands, the Island of Bimini which was rumored to have a Fountain that could rejuvenate people who drank from it , also known as the Fountain of Youth. On his 1513 voyage his ships came upon and discovered modern day St. Augustine Florida and many more of Florida’s inhabitants. Ponce de León is an important figure of Florida’s
