21st Century: Query 160 (Juan Ponce de Leon)
Juan Ponce de Leon  was a Spanish explorer and conquistador  known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida  and the first governor of Puerto Rico . Legend also has it that he claimed to have discovered The Fountain of Youth  in Florida and Bimini .      Of course, we understand that there is no such place in Florida or anywhere else offering perpetual youth.    So what was Ponce de Leon’s likely motive for disseminating this false claim?