1ª Maria:
Because she was the first, there was great hope that, through education, she could approximate the success of a man.

2ª Maria:
Her father started out looking for spices but wound up a slave trader. She didn't like to talk about this.

3ª Maria:
Learned to navigate a caravella and was able to travel up and down the coast, always keeping the maninland in sight. Things went well until, one day, she veered too far westward. (This happened in October.)