Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akanga ari chizvarwa cheCovilhã muBeira. Muupenyu hwake hwepakutanga akanga aenda kuCastile ndokupinda mubasa raDon Juan de Guzmán, munun'una waEnrique de Guzmán, 2nd Duke weMedina Sidonia. Gare gare, apo hondo yakatanga
pakati peCastile nePortugal, akadzokera kunyika yake, uye akazvibatanidza, kutanga semurume, ipapo semunhu, kuna Afonso V wePortugal uye mutsivi wake John II wePortugal. Muna 1487, akafamba nomugungwa achienda kuIndia, achitsvaka mikana yokutengeserana nevaIndia nevaArabhu, uye akazopedzisira ava kuEthiopia. Mushumo wake wakadzama wakaverengwa nechido muLisbon, sezvo Portugal yakava nzvimbo yenyika ine mashoko akanakisisa pamusoro penzvimbo yenyika yose nemigwagwa yokutengeserana.