After he received the final rebuff from the Portuguese king, he suddenly found direction in his life, and he moved quickly, carried along by his own ambitions and by the tides of history. By October 20, 1517, he had arrived in Seville, the largest city in Andalusia, in southwestern Spain. Ruy Faleiro, and possibly Francisco, joined him there in December, the three of them forming a close-knit team of Portuguese expatriates seeking their fortune in a rowdy and energetic new land.
