 He wrote what is considered the most important poem of Portuguese Literature, "Os Lusíadas" (The Lusiads), singing the maritime voyage of Vasco da Gama from Lisbon to India.The duality between man and the divine, awareness of the importance of the Portuguese discoveries to the formation of modern world, history of Portugal, the notion of Portugal's social and ideological problems, belief in the evolution on mankind, this is all among the poem's verses.After this period of national pride, the dark years of the Philippine Dynasty saw a continuation of epic production, which, however, did not equal Camões.