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Juan Ponce de Leon, 1513

The day had finally arrived for me and my men, and the wooden ships that will be our homes for the next few months are at the dock and ready to hit the high seas! Finally I thought, King Ferdinand had funded my journey to find new land! A large crowd had formed around the shoreline. The more they chanted, the more exited my crew and I got.

The boxes of the fresh food and the berrels of ice cold water were taken aboard the ship and sent to the hull for safe keeping. I knew the food would not stay that fresh for long, for some of the produce had already been spoiled. The crowd cheered louder and we walked faster, then up the wooden ramp that lead us up to the ships. The ramp was soon taken down, and the ancor was up. The ships soon set sail and we we were off, into the unknown.

The land to Santervas Spain disappeard slowly, and the chanting had gone. I inspected the ship thouroghly to see if the crew was doing each and every job to keep this boat alive and sailing. Many grueling nights went by.

Juan Ponce de Leon, late 1513,

The sun awoke me as I layed in bed, hungry, and tired. Although I was not felling well, I jumped from my small room and on to the deck of the boat. I looked into the opposite direction and my hunger and fitigue soon disappeared when I finally, saw land! We turnd in that direction and started heading for dry, peacful land! The anchor was plunged deep into the black ocean and all of us litteraly jumped into the deep seas and swam. We celebrated breifly and decided to name the newly found land and conquer it for spain! We climbed onto the sandy shore. It was more tropical and hevenly smelling than spain. Big hard, brown spheres hung from the exotic trees. Some of us thought thet were etibel so we climbed up and snatched the fruit from the trees. We had to bang them against the rocks until they cracked open. Milky fluid spilled, but a white delicious, sweet center also was contained. We devourded the fruit quickly. After our stomachs were full, we decided to explore the new land. I was sure the fountain of youth would be here.

Juan Ponce de Leon, April 8th 1514,

We are sailing along side the land of which we now call La Florida. Our tounges cried out for water, as we started heading for La Florida again. We jumped off the boat and looked for the spherical fruits that were oh, so delicious. We found some and didn' t eat the white substance but drank the milky fluid that was inside it. It quenched our thirst parcially. We walked and explored, and found a group of dark skinned people who were half nude. A fight soon broke out. Of coarse we won and continued our quest for many riches, and the fountain of youth.

Juan Ponce De Leon 1521,

I am sorry I haven't written in such a long time, but I have been buisy, looking for the fountain of youth and many riches. The Cuban island is gigantic and..... oh whats this? Another group of dark skinned People? Oh no, they have arrows and....... Ow! Oh my stomach! I've been hit!

Juan Ponce de leon, 1521,

I would say this is the end of my journey and my life, I bid thee a good farewell..............ugh.........

(Juan Ponce de Leon is significant in history because, he named Florida and the name is now used in modern days. This answer is the main cause for Ponce de Leons sucsess. Although dying from a poisoned arrow in 1521, he was a great explorer. He never did find the fountain of youth.)