However, the first mention of Ponce de León allegedly searching for water to cure his aging (he was only 40) came after his death, more than twenty years after his voyage of discovery, and the first that placed the Fountain of Youth in Florida was thirty years after that.
Porén, a primeira mención á busca de Ponce de León da auga que cura a idade deuse vinte anos despois da súa viaxe de descubrimento, e a primeira que situou a Fonte da Xuventude en Florida foi trinta anos despois.