He reached as far up the eastern coast of Africa as, what he called, Rio do Infante, probably the present-day Groot River, in May 1488, but on his return he saw the Cape, which he first named Cabo das Tormentas (Cape of Storms).
他於1488年5月到達非洲東部海岸，他稱之為“Rio do Infante”（因凡特河），可能是現今的格魯特河（英语：Groot River (Eastern Cape)），但在他回來時，他看到了海角，他首先命名為“Cabo das Tormentas”（意為海角風暴）。