The voyage starts with the Lusitanian ships in the quay, ready to depart, and where the crowd gathers to say farewell to their beloved ones. An important part is the famous episode of the Velho do Restelo (The Old Man of Restelo).

Then the voyage passes along the western African coast and there’s a poetic description of what Portuguese sailors have found in these new lands. This coast ends in the Torments Cape, where we meet the impressive figure of Adamastor who suffers from an unsuccessful love affair.

Passed the Cape of Storms, we attend to the God’s Council, in Olympus, where the Portuguese’s fate is decided. Meanwhile, while sailing in the vast Indian Ocean, they are victims of a violent storm, until they finally reach Indian land.

There, after some peace and friendship promises exchanged between Vasco da Gama and Samorim, the Portuguese head to Portugal carrying some proofs of the new maritime discovery. During their return voyage, they are rewarded by Venus who offers them the Love Island filled with nymphs and pleasures, where they could refresh before the final part of the voyage until Lisbon. They arrived home two years and two months after they had left.