 His real identity and dates of birth and death are unknown, but most of his travels took place in the first half of the sixteenth century.The Young Man was born in Arévalo to a mother who was converted to Christianity.His birth date is unknown, but his youth was estimated to be in the period following the end of Reconquista, marked by the Fall of Granada in 1492 and the forced conversion of Muslims in Castile, 15001502.