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1512 "Ponce de Leon, a celebrated Spanish adventurer, landed in April in the American continent, in n Lat. 30º 08', & named the country Florida on account of the blooming aspect it then presented. The object of his explorations was to discover a fountain whose waters he was informed possessed the wonderful property of converting old age into youth." Maj Longs Chronology: Erdman's Westn. Reporter vol 7. 83.