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However, historians now believe that Ponce de Leon landed near Melbourne Beach, about 150 miles south.
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The Tequestas first came into contact with European colonisers in 1513, when a Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, landed in the area.
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The tale of Ponce de Leon's quixotic quest for the fountain of youth, Mr. Allman points out, was concocted in the 1820s by Washington Irving, the creator of Rip Van Winkle.
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The story is a legend at best, but in 1535, historian Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo wrote that Ponce de Leon was vainly seeking curative waters in order to reverse his sexual impotence.
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Juan Ponce de Leon, who named the peninsula La Florida in 1513, was most likely the first European to encounter the area, already home to Native American groups including the Timucua and the Ais.
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About 30 minutes west of present-day Daytona, the park area (named, of course, after Ponce de Leon) offers swimming in the 72F spring, a wildlife refuge and a sugar-mill-turned-restaurant where you can make your own pancakes.
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