 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1879, mufananidzo wake muhombe weChipiri Hondo yeGuararapes wakaratidzwa paImperial Academy, padivi pechifananidzo naPedro Américo, chinoratidza Hondo yeAvay. Meirelles naAmérico vakanga vatopopotedzana kare pamusoro pebasa rakapfuura saka, pakarepo, vatsoropodzi vakatanga kucherechedza mashoko akafanana uye kupomera Meirelles kupamba. Gakava racho rakapararira mupepanhau romunzvimbomo kwemwedzi asi, sezviri pachena, hapana mhedziso yakambosvikwa. 