Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kumabvazuva kweMediterranean, kurwisana pakati pevatengesi veGenoa neVenetian muAcre kwakaguma neHondo yeSaint Sabas yakarwiwa kubva muna 1256 kusvika muna 1270. Mukati mokurwisana mauto omugungwa eGenoa akakundwa munhevedzano yehondo dzakarwiwa neVenice, uye naizvozvo vakashandisa kurwisa mapoka evatengesi panzvimbo pezvikepe zvehondo. Kukundwa kwakaipisisa kwakaitwa nePisa neVenice kwakatadzisa vaGenoa kuita zvavaida, asi kwakatungamirirawo kusikwa kweuto rehondo rakanga rakatsaurirwa kuGenoa. Ngarava dzakakura dzakavakwa, vakuru vakuru vehondo vakapiwa simba rakawanda, uye varwi vehondo vaiva nesimba vokuGenoa vakawedzerwa kuvashandi vengarava dzehondo dzokuGenoa. Apo hondo yechitatu yakatanga pakati pePisa neGenoa, ngarava dzeGenoa dzakavakwazve dzakawana rukundo rukuru pa 1284
Hondo yeMeloria, umo vaGenoese vakabata ngarava dzePisan 37 nevafambisi vengarava 9000. Hondo yacho yakaita kuti Genoa ive simba guru guru rengarava muWestern Mediterranean.