An exposition of the life of a Portuguese explorer in 16th. Century Iberia at the height of Portuguese Navigational excellence. The role of the Templars in this episode from History is narrated with an intrinsic knowledge of history and the Age of Sail accompanied by a very human depiction of an otherwise hard bitten historical cast of characters that led to the Portuguese colonial settlement for almost half a millenium. An epic work of historical fiction spanning social and epochal changes that left an indelible mark on the places they touched.