[1][non-primary source needed] He left with his father, Antonio Carletti, a merchant, to the islands of Cape Verde to buy African slaves to be sold in the West Indies.
They sailed from Acapulco to the Philippines in the Manila galleon and arrived on the island of Luzon, where they remained one year.
[2] Left alone, Francesco went to India and came to Goa, home to the Portuguese viceroy, where he remained for some time.
Francesco Carletti collected his travel experiences in twelve Arguments, dedicated to Ferdinand I.
Corea is renowned in Korea, as he is possibly the first Korean person to set foot in Europe.