 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nharaunda yeMalta yave iripo muGibraltar kubva nguva pfupi mushure mekutorwa kwayoneuto reAnglo-Dutch muna 1704. Gibraltar, Marita neKupro ndidzo dzaiva nzira nhatu idzo Britain yaidzora nadzo Mediterranean uye nzira inokosha yokuenda kuSuez Canal uye kubva ipapo kuIndia. Kutevera kubatwa kweGibraltar, ruzhinji rwevagari varipo vakasarudza kuenda, vachisiya shure kwevanhu vashoma vanosvika makumi manomwe kunyanya vanhu vasina kwavakarerekera veGenoa. Vanhu vakabva mumataundi aiva pedyo eSpanish vakakurumidza kutamira ikoko, zvichiita kuti Gibraltar ive nevanhu vanobva kunyika dzakasiyana-siyana. Makore okugara pamwe chete nokuroorana paDombo nokukurumidza kwakatungamirira kukubatanidzwa kwetsika dzeMalta, Italy neAndalusia, kuchengeta ukoshi hweMediterranean neKaturike hweGibraltar pasinei nemazana emakore okutonga kweBritain. 