Adamastor the Dominated, 2017. Oil on brass oxidized with calium polysulfide. 50 cm tall. Available in bronze. His most memorable mention is made by Luís de Camões in Canto V of the Portuguese epic The Lusiads, as the giant of Cape of Storms, who sank ships in the waters that bathed the confluence of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and revolted in the form of a storm threatening ruin to anyone who tried to round Cape of Storms, the alleged domain of Adamastor. The episode of Adamastor thus represents, in a grandiose and moving figuration, the forces of nature, their opposition to the audacity of the Portuguese navigators commanded by Vasco da Gama and the prediction of the tragic maritime history that would follow. The Lusiads illustrates the Portuguese people's overcoming of their fear of sailing in unknown seas, where this fear is epitomized by the figure of the giant. Having overcome the storm and successfully followed the path through the Indian Ocean, Vasco da Gama renamed the place that is now known as Cape of Good Hope. Oil on brass oxidized with calium polysulfide.