Exploring+the+Spanish+Borderlands

The spanish search for treasure reached beyond the lands of the aztecs and incas. Moving north, conquistador EXPLORED THE AREA KNOWN AS THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS. The borderlands spanned the present- day United states from Florida to California.

Juan Ponce de Leon traveled though parts of Florida in 1513, looking for a legendary fountain of youth. Indians claimed that anyone who bathed in its magical water would remain young forever. Ponce de Leon found no such fountain.