 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1492, Bailo weVenetian muConstantinople, Girolamo Marcello, akadzingwa pamhosva yechiuto. Nzvimbo yacho yakaramba isina munhu, uye Gritti akatora basa rokumiririra Venice padare reOttoman. Asina kugadzwa zviri pamutemo, zvisinei, chinzvimbo chake chakanga chisina kusimba, kunyanya sezvo, nekumwe kurwisana kweOttoman-Venetianachiswedera muna 1499, akashandisa tsamba dzake dzekutengesa, dzakatumirwa kuburikidza neCorfu nemutengesi weRagusan Nicolò Gondola, kuendesa ruzivo rwakavharidzirwa kuVenetian Seneti maererano nekufamba kweOttoman navy inonzi mapeti mune imwe tsamba uye kuunganidzwa kwemauto. Basa iri harina kuramba rakavanzwa kuvaTurkey kwenguva refu, zvisinei: pashure pokubata vatakuri vaitakura tsamba dzaGritti, muna August 1499 akaiswa mutorongo muYedikule Fortress, achipukunyuka kuurayiwa bedzi kupfurikidza noushamwari hwake nomukuru wevaziri. Maererano nemishumo yenguva iyoyo, kusungwa kwake kwakakonzera kuvhiringidzika kukuru pakati peshamwari dzake dzakawanda - kusanganisira maTurkey - muguta guru reOttoman, pamwe nevakadzi vazhinji vaidanana naye. 