Fountain of Youth facts for kids

The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring. People talked about it for thousands of years. They thought its water could make people young and healthy. Herodotus put it in the Horn of Africa. Later stories said it was in India. A Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, was said to have looked for it while in present-day Florida. No one ever found it.

Images for kids

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  Persian miniature depicting Khidr and Alexander watching the Water of Life revive a salted fish

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  French 14th-century ivory mirror case with a Fountain of Youth

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  19th-century German artist's impression of Juan Ponce de León and his explorers drinking from a spring in Florida while supposedly seeking the Fountain of Youth

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  Postcard from the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine

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In Spanish: Fuente de la juventud para niños