Where can I find some primary sources about Ponce de Leon's
search for the Fountain of Youth? None of de Leon's logs from
his exploration of Florida have survived to the present day. The
most primary source relating to this voyage is Historia general
de los hechos de los Castellanos by Antonio de Herrera, a 16th
century Spanish historian who used the ship's original logs to
write an account of the voyage. Historia was written in Spanish,
and its text can be found through Google Books. An English
translation of the section of Historia that relates to de Leon's
Florida expedition, along with translations of other early
writings related to the journey, is available at American
Journeys.