The storm and the shipwreck I stayed in Brazil and worked hard for some years. By then I was rich but also bored. One day some friends came to me and said, We're going to Africa to do business. Why don't you come with us? Well all be rich after this journey!' How stupid I was! I had an easy, comfortable life in Brazil, but, of course, I agreed. And so, in 1659, I went to sea again.