El Dorado s Fountain of Youth It was my impression that El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth were two separate myths El Dorado was supposedly a city with a king who wore gold in South America while the Fountain of Youth was pursued by Ponce de Leon in Florida while he was collecting slaves for the Spanish plantations of the Caribbean I am not sure which the author meant but given the fact that this was on the same continent as the supposed Fountain of Youth I am going to delete the reference to El Dorado leave the Fountain of Youth If anyone knows anything more please address this issue Anonymous Sep 5 2007