 He reached Callao in the Viceroyalty of Peru with them in January 1720, although he had left Spain in 1716 as second-in-command of the "Nuestra Señora del Carmen" or Lanfranco as part of the expedition commanded by Juan Nicolás de Martinet (he separated from the expedition while sailing past Cape Horn).The prizes attributed to Lezo were actually taken by Martinet, who reached Callao in June 1717 and left the Pacific in 1719 before Lezo's arrival.Lezo married in Peru in 1725.