Pack your bags-we're going on an incredible trip! TRAVEL WITH THE GREAT EXPLORERS takes you on some of the most remarkable journeys of exploration. Discover where the explorers went, why they went there, how they got there, and what went right and wrong along the way. Juan Ponce de Leon is mainly famous for discovering Florida and searching for a magical fountain whose waters kept people young. The problem is that the fountain of youth part of the story probably isn't true! He did discover Florida after having led the settlement of Puerto Rico and become its first governor. But it was him discovery of the Gulf Stream that excited European navigators. The fallowing current helped speed ships across the Atlantic Ocean bringing the Old and Wow Worlds closer together. Book jacket.