Back at the lobby, Louie, who's looking for more water, gazes upon Leon locking up some of it very securely in the manager area, much to his suspicion. Huey, Dewey, and Louie figured out his scheme by noticing the hotel manager is identical to the painting of Ponce De Leon in the hotel lobby, which he overhears, so he forces them at sword point into the private manager room.
He then explains his backstory about how he drained the water from the Fountain and transferred it to the Conquistador Inn resort, revealing his true nature to the nephews and traps them in a tube there to steal their youth from them later after he's done with his other hotel duties.
Scrooge and Goldie approach Leon and confront him for his betrayal, and it is found out the pool water is actually from the Fountain of Youth, despite his resort being rated five stars. As Leon prepares to kill Goldie using his sword, Scrooge grabs a cane and blocks his strike just as Scrooge and Goldie corner him with the weapons they are wielding.
Leon convinces Goldie to give up her elderly age and become young forever. Scrooge remained hesitant about the offer, but immediately changed his mind after he notices one of the pool visitors started aging after diving into the pool.
John D. Rockerduck and Jeeves approach him just as Rockerduck drinks some of the Fountains's water to regains his strength. Noticing Leon and Jeeves attacking Scrooge, Goldie and the nephews confront the two just as Goldie gives Fountain water to Jeeves causing him to be turned into a baby in order to save Scrooge. Having defeated Rockerduck and Jeeves, Leon later engaged Scrooge and Goldie in a lengthy sword fight that ended with both Leon and Scrooge falling into the pool and slowly regaining their normal age.
De Leon soon returned to Puerto Rico where he sacked a rebellion of natives against Spanish rule. After returning to Spain, he was named captain general by the king on September 27, De Leon did not return to the New World until when he once again tried to find the island of Bimini. Instead, de Leon and his men landed on the Gulf coast of Florida, where they were met by hostile Indians who shot his men with arrows. De Leon himself was wounded and died a short time after sailing to Havana, Cuba, in July of This activity can be copied directly into your Google Classroom, where you can use it for practice, as an assessment, or, to collect data.
Upgrade to MrN to access our entire library of incredible educational resources and teacher tools in an ad-free environment. If you like MrNussbaum. Advertise HERE! He eventually became a soldier and fought against the the Moors in Granada.
His efforts paid off and he prospered well, selling produce and livestock to Spanish ships returning home. On a return trip to Spain around this time, he married a woman named Leonora, with whom he would eventually have three children.
Some accounts speculate his ambitions may have led him to unofficially explore the area two years earlier. He took 50 soldiers and a single ship, settling near what is now San Juan. A year later, he returned to Hispaniola, having found much gold and opportunity. The expedition was deemed a success, and he was named governor of Puerto Rico.
He soon returned to Puerto Rico, bringing his wife and children. Although some historical accounts make mention of his relatively nonviolent treatment of the native population, the overall effect of enslaving Tainos and the introduction of diseases like smallpox and measles was disastrous to the native population.
In , the king encouraged him to continue searching for new lands, in hopes of finding yet more gold and expanding the Spanish empire. He would hold exclusive rights and be declared governor for life of any lands he came across. In a month's time, he and his men landed on the east coast of Florida. Not realizing he was on the mainland of North America, he thought he had landed on another island.
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