Zvitsuwa zvakarasika zvagara zvichitambudza zviroto zvevafambisi vengarava. Kwemazana emakore, ngano dzeidzi nyika dzakatsakatika dzaitsinhaniswa munzeve dzakanyarara, kunyange mukati memasainzi anoremekedzwa.
Pamepu dzechinyakare dzemugungwa, tinowana zvitsuwa zvakawanda zvisisina chati: Antilia, St. Brendan, Hy-Brasil, Frisland, uye enigmatic Island of Seven Cities. Mumwe nemumwe ane nyaya inonakidza.
Ngano inotaura nezvemabhishopu manomwe eKatorike, achitungamirirwa naAchibhishopi weOporto, akatiza kukunda kweMoor kweSpain nePortugal muna AD 711. Vachiramba kuzviisa pasi pevakundi vavo, vakatungamirira boka kumadokero vari muboka rezvikepe. Nyaya yacho inotaura kuti mushure merwendo rune njodzi, vakamhara pachitsuwa chine simba, chakakura mavakavaka maguta manomwe, vachiratidzira imba yavo itsva.
Kubva pakuwanikwa kwayo, Chitsuwa cheMaguta Manomwe chakafukidzwa nechakavanzika. Mazana emakore akatevera vakaona vakawanda vachiiramba sechinongoriwo zvacho. Asi, muzana remakore rechi12, nyanzvi yejogirafi yechiArab yakakurumbira Idrisi yaisanganisira chitsuwa chinonzi Bahelia pamepu dzake, ichizvikudza nemaguta manomwe makuru muAtlantic.
Nekudaro, Bahelia zvakare akanyangarika kubva pakuona, akasara asina kutaurwa kusvika 14th uye 15th mazana emakore. Yakanga iri nguva iyo mamepu eItaly neSpanish airatidza chitsuwa chitsva cheAtlantic - iyo Antilles. Kudzokorora uku kwakabata maguta manomwe ane mazita akasarudzika seAzai neAri. Muna 1474, Mambo Alfonso V wePortugal akatopa Kaputeni F. Teles basa rokuongorora nokutora “Maguta Manomwe nezvimwe zvitsuwa zviri muAtlantic, kuchamhembe kweGuinea!”
Kukwezva kweMaguta Manomwe mumakore aya hakurambike. Mutyairi wengarava wekuFlemish Ferdinand Dulmus akakumbira mvumo kuna mambo wePortugal kuti atore chitsuwa chacho muna 1486, kana aizochiwana. Saizvozvo, mumiriri weSpain kuEngland, Pedro Ahal, akashuma muna 1498 kuti vafambisi vengarava veBristol vakatanga nzendo dzinoverengeka dzakatadza kutsvaga Maguta Manomwe neFrisland.
Kubatana kunokatyamadza kwakamuka pakati peChitsuwa cheMaguta Manomwe neAntillia. Nyanzvi dzejogirafi dzeEurope dzakatenda zvakasimba mukuvapo kweAntillia. Nyika yaMartin Behaim ine mukurumbira muna 1492 yakaiisa munzvimbo ine mukurumbira muAtlantic, ichitotaura kuti ngarava yeSpain yakanga yasvika kumahombekombe ayo zvakachengeteka muna 1414!
Antillia yakaramba ichionekwa pamepu muzana rese rechi15. Zvinonyanya kukosha, mutsamba ya1480 kuna Mambo Alfonso V, Christopher Columbus pachake akazvitaura nemashoko okuti "chitsuwa cheAntillia, icho chinozivikanwawo kwauri". Mambo anotokurudzira Antillia kwaari "senzvimbo yakanaka yaanomira parwendo rwake uye kumhara pamhenderekedzo".
Kunyangwe Columbus asina kumbotsika tsoka paAntillia, chitsuwa chephantom chakapa zita rayo kumatunhu achangobva kuwanikwa naye - MaAntilles Makuru uye Madiki. Chitsuwa cheMaguta Manomwe, bhenekeri yechakavanzika kwemazana emakore, inoramba ichitungidza fungidziro dzedu, yasara yesimba risingaperi rekuda kuziva kwevanhu uye kukwezva kwezvisingazivikanwe.
